Auto-tumor immunity in patients with solid tumors: participation of CD3 complex and MHC class I antigens in the lytic interaction

Favorable outcome in clinically stage II

Favorable outcome in clinically stage II melanoma patients is associated with the presence of activated tumor infiltrating T-lymphocytes and preserved MHC class I antigen expression

✍ Inge S. van Houdt; Berbel J.R. Sluijter; Laura M. Moesbergen; Wim M. Vos; Tanja 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 296 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract In this study we investigated whether the presence of specific populations of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in diagnostic primary melanoma biopsies are related to outcome in clinically stage II melanoma patients. Moreover, we investigated whether the presence of TILs correlates