PMID- 33925205 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210527 IS - 2227-9059 (Print) IS - 2227-9059 (Electronic) IS - 2227-9059 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 5 DP - 2021 Apr 28 TI - Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in the Tumor Microenvironment of Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. LID - 10.3390/biomedicines9050486 [doi] LID - 486 AB - The presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) in the tumor microenvironment has been demonstrated to be of prognostic value in various cancers. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we investigated the prognostic value of TIL in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). We performed a systematic search in PubMed for publications that investigated the prognostic value of TIL in LSCC. A meta-analysis was performed including all studies assessing the association between TIL counts in hematoxylin-eosin (HE)-stained sections, for CD8+ and/or CD3+/CD4+ TIL and overall survival (OS) or disease-free survival (DFS). The pooled meta-analysis showed a favorable prognostic role for stromal TIL in HE sections for OS (HR 0.57, 95% CI 0.36-0.91, p = 0.02), and for DFS (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.34-0.94, p = 0.03). High CD8+ TIL were associated with a prolonged OS (HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.4-0.97, p = 0.04) and DFS (HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.34-0.94, p = 0.002). High CD3+/CD4+ TIL demonstrated improved OS (HR 0.32, 95% CI 0.16-0.9, p = 0.03) and DFS (HR 0.23, 95% CI 0.10-0.53, p = 0.0005). This meta-analysis confirmed the favorable prognostic significance of TIL in LSCC. High stromal TIL evaluated in HE sections and intra-tumoral and stromal CD3+, CD4+ and/or CD8+ TIL might predict a better clinical outcome. FAU - Rodrigo, Juan P AU - Rodrigo JP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3063-0890 AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Instituto de Salud del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain. AD - IUOPA-University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. AD - CIBERONC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Sanchez-Canteli, Mario AU - Sanchez-Canteli M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0343-0041 AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Instituto de Salud del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain. AD - IUOPA-University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. AD - CIBERONC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Lopez, Fernando AU - Lopez F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7019-9746 AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Instituto de Salud del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain. AD - IUOPA-University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. AD - CIBERONC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Wolf, Gregory T AU - Wolf GT AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Hernandez-Prera, Juan C AU - Hernandez-Prera JC AD - Department of Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. FAU - Williams, Michelle D AU - Williams MD AD - Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. FAU - Willems, Stefan M AU - Willems SM AD - Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands. FAU - Franchi, Alessandro AU - Franchi A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1332-5838 AD - Department of Translational Research, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy. FAU - Coca-Pelaz, Andres AU - Coca-Pelaz A AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias-Instituto de Salud del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain. AD - IUOPA-University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. AD - CIBERONC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Ferlito, Alfio AU - Ferlito A AD - Coordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, 35125 Padua, Italy. LA - eng GR - CB16/12/00390/Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Cancer/ GR - PI19/00560/Instituto de Salud Carlos III/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210428 PL - Switzerland TA - Biomedicines JT - Biomedicines JID - 101691304 PMC - PMC8145951 OTO - NOTNLM OT - larynx OT - prognosis OT - squamous cell carcinoma OT - tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2021/05/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/01 06:01 PMCR- 2021/04/28 CRDT- 2021/04/30 01:31 PHST- 2021/03/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/30 01:31 [entrez] PHST- 2021/05/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biomedicines9050486 [pii] AID - biomedicines-09-00486 [pii] AID - 10.3390/biomedicines9050486 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Biomedicines. 2021 Apr 28;9(5):486. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9050486.