Table 2.

Mean Percentage and Standard Deviation of Total ISNT(+) Lymphocytes and gal-1 or gal-3 Expression in Neoplastic Cells

Biopsies	Fields examined	% ISNT (+) TALs	% gal-1(+) NC	% gal-3(+) NC
Primary melanoma	78	20 ± 28	30 ± 30	42 ± 30
Lymph node metastasis	130	23 ± 27	35 ± 32	33 ± 34
Cutaneous and lung metastasis	115	20 ± 26	49 ± 31	47 ± 37
Total sample	323	21 ± 27	39 ± 32	40 ± 34

ISNT, in situ nick translation; TALs, tumor-associated lymphocytes; NC, neoplastic cells.