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. Ovarian cancer patients whose tumors had large numbers of infiltrating lymphocytes had a high rate of recurrence after the tumor removed relative to those tumors that lacked infiltrated lymphocytes. A) True B) False
Ovarian cancer patients whose tumors had large numbers of infiltrating lymphocytes had a high rate of recurrence after the tumor removed relative to those tumors that lacked infiltrated lymphocytes :-
FALSE.
Ovarian tumors having large number of infiltrating lymphocytes have good prognosis and less recurrence rate. Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes are white blood cells left in the bloodstream and migrated towards tumor. These include T and B cells which help in killing tumor cells. The presence of these lymphocytes in tumors is associated with better clinical outcomes after surgery/treatment.
Those tumors that lacked infiltrating lymphocytes have more recurrence rate as they lack these immune cells.
Thus the above statement is false.
The correct statement will be :- Ovarian cancer patients whose tumors had large numbers of infiltrating lymphocytes had a less rate of recurrence after the tumor removed relative to those tumors that lacked infiltrated lymphocytes.