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. 2022 Jul 27;14(15):3656. doi: 10.3390/cancers14153656

Table 1.

Study eligibility criteria.

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
Participant(s)
  • Human participants

  • Cancer cohort

  • Non-human models

  • Non-cancer studies

Intervention(s)
  • Imaging features investigated (conventional radiomics, semi-quantitative, or semantic features)

  • Performed on radiological images (CT, MRI, and PET)

  • Studies not focusing on imaging features or radiomics

  • Not performed on radiological datasets

Comparator(s)
  • CD8 marker interrogated in isolation or in combination with other markers

  • CD8 expression measured, at least, within the tumour (e.g., via immunohistochemistry)

  • CD8 marker not explicitly interrogated

  • CD8 expression not assessed within the tumour

Outcome(s)
  • Potential association of one or more imaging features (radiomic signatures) with CD8+ TILs

  • Correlation, discrimination, or performance statistics reported (e.g., area under the curve (AUC) values)

  • Clinically-measurable end point (e.g., survival or ICI response)

  • Technical studies not focused on deriving radiomic signatures

Study design
  • Primary sources

  • Review articles and other secondary sources

  • Conference abstracts and proceedings

  • Inaccessible studies

  • Articles not written in the English language