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The study investigated the clinicopathological features and characteristic immune tumor microenvironment (TME) of lung squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) adjacent to emphysematous lesions. 184 consecutive patients with peripheral-type SqCC who had undergone complete surgical resection were enrolled. The clinicopathological differences between emphysema-adjacent SqCC (EA-SqCC) and non-emphysema-adjacent SqCC (non-EA-SqCC) were examined. The immune TME, including tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and PD-L1 expression, was also analyzed. EA-SqCC was detected in 132 (71.7%) of the 184 patients. Patients with EA-SqCC had shorter recurrence-free survival (RFS) [median 58.2 months vs. not Reached (NR); hazard ratio (HR) 0.47; 95% CI 0.25-0.81, p < 0.01] and tended to have shorter overall survival (NR vs. NR; HR 0.47; 95% CI 0.27-1.03, p = 0.07) compared to patients with non-EA-SqCC. Evaluation of TILs in the cancer stroma showed the number of Foxp3+ TILs in the EA-SqCC group was significantly higher than that in the non-EA-SqCC group (median number 58 vs. 43, p < 0.01). However, there were no significant differences in the number of CD8 + T cells and the PD-L1 expression between the two groups. Immunosuppressive microenvironment is a characteristic feature of EA-SqCC, which may contribute to the poor prognosis of this disease.
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Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
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Department of Urology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
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September 2025
Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611-3010, USA.
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August 2025
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
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College of Laboratory Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241000, China.
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