Table 4 Comparison of the different TIL quantification methods based on their prognostic significance (logrank test based p-values) at different grid-cell sizes (smallest to largest).

From: A Novel Digital Score for Abundance of Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes Predicts Disease Free Survival in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Region Classifier

Quantification Methods

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

TRC-1

Morisita-Horn (MH)

0.1590

0.1610

0.1560

0.3250

0.2340

0.4760

0.4760

0.4760

Shannon Diversity (SD)

0.1590

0.1610

0.1610

0.3250

0.2190

0.6550

0.4760

0.4760

TILAb-MH

0.0146

0.0258

0.0146

0.0012*

0.0258

0.0006*

0.0020*

0.0006**

TILAb-SD

0.0146

0.0146

0.0258

0.0146

0.0258

0.0258

0.0006**

0.0006**

TRC-5

Morisita-Horn (MH)

0.0416

0.0666

0.1030

0.1800

0.0666

0.1800

0.2340

0.1790

Shannon Diversity (SD)

0.0416

0.0666

0.0666

0.1160

0.0666

0.1800

0.2340

0.1790

TILAb-MH

0.0191

0.0191

0.0077*

0.0077*

0.0258

0.0236

0.0020*

0.0038*

TILAb-SD

0.0191

0.0359

0.0146

0.0258

0.0110

0.0146

0.0020*

0.0020*

  1. [a] Significance codes: 0.05, 0.01*, 0.001**.