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Primary study · included by 1 review

Tertiary lymphoid structures in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A multi-institutional study.

Almangush 2025 · Almangush Alhadi, Ruuskanen Miia, Hagström Jaana, et al. · Pathology, research and practice · 2025

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The Prognostic Significance of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Head and Neck Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Non-Cochrane · prognostic · 2026 · cited as Almangush 2025 · Reference 15; Table 1; Fig. 2
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Overall survival
Absence of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS-negative tumors) vs Presence of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS-positive tumors, reference category) · Follow-up 24 to 120 months
HR 2.20 [1.74, 2.78]7 studies · 1465 participantsGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.