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Fig. 1 | Journal of Translational Medicine

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From: Possibility of avoiding axillary lymph node dissection by immune microenvironment monitoring in preoperative chemotherapy for breast cancer

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Histopathological evaluation of TILs. TILs were evaluated on biopsy specimens by measuring the percentage of area occupied by lymphocytes on the hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained tumor section at the time of breast cancer diagnosis. The area of the stroma region with lymphoplasmacytic infiltration was > 50%, > 10–50%, ≤ 10%, or absent, and the corresponding score assigned was 3, 2, 1, or 0, respectively (A–D respectively)

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