Table 2 Median distances from malignant cells for various cell phenotypes according to histologic type (n = 225)

From: Immune cellular patterns of distribution affect outcomes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Panel

Phenotype

Median distance from malignant cells, µm

P*

NSCLC

Adenocarcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma

1

CD3 + 

29.28

26.88

38.38

0.002

CD3 + CD8 + 

59.66

58.62

61.36

0.003

CD3 + PD-1+

104.31

113.53

99.03

0.181

CD3 + PD-L1 + 

105.56

105.02

105.56

0.870

CD3 + CD8 + PD-1

220.89

245.71

203.72

0.163

CD3 + CD8 + PD-L1 + 

218.69

218.69

216.45

0.551

CD68 + 

42.01

44.52

37.57

0.168

CD68 + PD-L1 + 

113.40

111.04

113.41

0.778

2

CD3 + 

30.42

27.66

42.28

<0.001

CD3 + CD8 + 

60.40

54.07

78.40

<0.001

CD3 + CD8 + GZB + 

240.62

243.26

238.91

0.576

CD3 + CD45RO + 

91.15

75.96

125.49

<0.001

CD3 + CD8 + CD45RO + 

140.69

114.36

186.28

0.001

CD3 + CD8negFOXP3 + 

135.08

121.99

147.59

0.002

CD3 + CD45RO + FOXP3 + 

252.20

221.84

281.49

0.013

3

CD3 + 

28.44

22.55

48.79

<0.001

CD3 + B7-H3 + 

57.52

191.96

48.42

0.154

CD3 + PD-L1 + 

125.09

135.49

115.57

0.203

4

CD3 + 

36.46

29.56

43.22

0.023

CD3 + ICOS + 

105.15

113.21

102.80

0.362

CD3 + LAG3 + 

46.46

53.22

39.56

0.023

CD3 + OX40 + 

201.04

233.01

184.20

0.019

CD3 + TIM3 + 

256.75

295.88

230.01

0.007

CD20 + 

104.61

118.82

91.79

0.060

CD20 + ICOS + 

257.72

277.59

232.22

0.084

CD20 + OX40 + 

305.35

353.03

266.19

0.041

CD20 + TIM3 + 

448.24

453.10

444.30

0.436

5

CD68 + 

42.24

43.05

40.60

0.513

CD68 + CD11b + 

51.81

51.13

52.30

0.613

CD66b + 

87.24

87.98

85.22

0.385

CD11b + CD66b + 

133.49

121.79

141.08

0.358

CD11b + CD66b + CD33 + 

214.99

199.89

217.28

0.864

  1. Note: NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer. For determining the median distances, 26 relevant cell phenotypes with densities >2 cell/mm2 were considered in the analysis according to NSCLC and histologic types, totalizing 78 results. In addition, the data was used to correlate with clinicopathologic variables.
  2. *P-values indicate comparison between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma using Kruskal-Wallis test and un-adjusted P-values.