| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| CAF | Cancer-associated fibroblasts |
| PD-1 | Programmed cell death protein-1 |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand-1 |
| EGF | Epithelial growth factor |
| EGFR | Epithelial growth factor receptor |
| TCGA | The cancer genome atlas |
| CD31 | Cluster of differentiation -31 |
| CD8 | Cluster of differentiation -8 |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| α-SMA | Alpha-smooth muscle actin |
| IL-8 | Interleukin-8 |
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