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Table 1.

High numbers of CD68+ tumor-associated macrophages are correlated with clinical prognosis in human malignant tumors

Tumor type	Favorable prognosis	Poor prognosis
Epithelial	Gastric cancer (adenocarcinoma)⁶⁸ Colorectal cancer (adenocarcinoma)⁷¹ Prostate cancer (adenocarcinoma)⁷³	Uterine cancer (endometrioid adenocarcinoma)⁶⁹^,⁷⁰ Esophageal cancer (squamous cell carcinoma)⁷² Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)⁷⁴ Breast cancer (invasive ductal carcinoma)⁷⁵^,⁷⁶ Thyroid cancer (poorly differentiated)⁷⁷ Gastric cancer (adenocarcinoma, intestinal type)⁷⁸ Bladder cancer (urothelial carcinoma)⁷⁹
Non-epithelial		Malignant mesothelioma (sarcomatous)⁸⁰ Malignant melanoma⁸¹ Neuroblastoma⁸² Ewing's sarcoma⁸³
Hematopoietic		Hodgkin's lymphoma⁸⁴ Follicular lymphoma⁸⁵