Table 1 Overall immune cell density and distribution

From: Immune environment of high-TIL breast cancer: triple negative and hormone receptor positive HER2 negative

 

TNBC (n = 18)

HR + HER2-BC (n = 14)

pa

pb

Fields number, mean ± SD

129.4 ± 116.2

75.4 ± 53.3

0.090

 

Mean ROI, mm2, mean ± SD

 Tumor

28.3 ± 30.1

10.6 ± 11.8

0.032

 

 Stroma

48.3 ± 38.6

34.5 ± 18.8

0.193

 

Total IC density in stroma, per mm2, mean ± SD (IC composition %)

6368.8 ± 3261.3 (100.0)

7561.4 ± 3878.8 (100.0)

0.442

 

 CD20

1340.7 ± 1326.9 (21.1)

2754.9 ± 2506.3 (35.5)

0.180

<0.001

 CD8

1694.3 ± 1053.8 (26.6)

1311.6 ± 679.3 (16.9)

0.377

 CD4

3333.8 ± 1263.5 (52.3)

3694.9 ± 1693.0 (47.6)

0.866

FOXP3+ (% among CD4)

129.7 ± 69.6 (3.9)

103.3 ± 119.5 (3.0)

0.059

0.036

FOXP3− (% among CD4)

3204.0 ± 1237.8 (96.1)

3391.6 ± 1610.9 (97.0)

0.808

Total IC density, per mm2, mean ± SD (IC composition %)

1364.4 ± 1384.6

1578.7 ± 2180.0

0.722

 

 CD20

166.0 ± 201.0 (12.2)

638.4 ± 1163.8 (40.4)

0.319

<0.001

 CD8

731.6 ± 885.8 (56.6)

481.0 ± 510.3 (30.5)

1.000

 CD4

466.7 ± 517.8 (34.2)

459.3 ± 724.1 (29.1)

0.722

FOXP3+ (% among CD4)

32.5 ± 43.8 (7.0)

19.3 ± 25.8 (4.2)

0.587

0.073

FOXP3− (% among CD4)

434.2 ± 482.3 (93.0)

440.0 ± 724.8 (95.8)

0.779

  1. TNBC triple-negative breast cancer, HR+HER2-BC hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, SD standard deviation, ROI region of interest, IC immune cell, + positive, - negative.
  2. at-test.
  3. bproportional test.