Table 3 Correlation between clinicopathologic parameters, 5-year DFS and 5-year OS.

From: Clinical significance of programmed death 1 ligand-1 (CD274/PD-L1) and intra-tumoral CD8+ T-cell infiltration in stage II–III colorectal cancer

Parameters

Noa

5-yr DFS (%)

p value*

5-yr OS (%)

p value*

 

867

64%

 

71%

 

Sex

  

0.52

 

0.39

  Female

401

65%

 

71%

 

  Male

466

63%

 

70%

 

pT stage

  

0.02

 

0.13

  pT1–2

32

83%

 

83%

 

  pT3–4

833

63%

 

70%

 

pN stage

  

<0.0001*

 

<0.0001*

  Negative

457

71%

 

78%

 

  Positive

410

56%

 

63%

 

Tumor location

  

0.09

 

0.02

  Distal colon

442

66%

 

74%

 

  Proximal colon

425

61%

 

67%

 

Tumor differentiation

  

0.01

 

0.02

  Well to moderate

734

65%

 

72%

 

  Poor

121

54%

 

62%

 

CD8+ TILs

  

<0.0001*

 

<0.0001*

  High

283

78%

 

82%

 

  Low

584

57%

 

65%

 

Tumor CD274/PD-L1

  

0.0006*

 

0.0002*

  High

384

70%

 

78%

 

  Low

480

58%

 

65%

 

CD8+ TILs/Tumor CD274(PD-L1)

  

<0.0001*

 

<0.0001*

  High/High

160

80%

 

84%

 

  High/Low

123

75%

 

79%

 

  Low/High

224

63%

 

73%

 

  Low/Low

357

53%

 

60%

 

CD8+ TILs and tumor CD274 (PD-L1)

  

<0.0001*

 

<0.0001*

  High or high

507

71%

 

78%

 

  Low/Low

357

53%

 

60%

 
  1. aNumber of cases may differ due to missing data. *p < 0.005 is significant and 0.005 < p < 0.05 is suggestive evidence.