Table II.

Association between the preoperative NLR and TLS density in the tumor microenvironment.

TLS density	No. of patients	NLR low	NLR high	P-value
All cases	199	108	91
TLS low	105	45	60
TLS high	94	63	31	0.0006

NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; TLS, tertiary lymphoid structure.