With those patients the tumor tissues were gathered and stage to the TNM classification which also were histologically classified by the guidelines set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding lung cancer. The total number of patients in this study was 633. There were some patients who had to be excluded from the study because their situation may impact the outcome of the study for multiple reasons. This exclusion lowered the number to 536 patients who were eligible to participate in the study. The specimen that was collected for the microarray construction in the study was from the most representative areas of viable neoplastic epithelial cells as well for tumor stroma. These collected specimens then were used for immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis. The samples were deparaffinized in three cycles for eight months. Then endogenous peroxide was blocked by Discovery inhibitor. After that, the prediluted CD45RO antibody was applied for incubation to take place for 20 minutes at normal body temperature. After the incubation, there was a staining procedure to allow for the visualization of the nuclei. These specimens were then scored. This scoring was used in order to compare and combine CD45RO with CD8. Because there was the usage of scores, statistical analysis was performed in the study. This analysis allowed for further methods, rankings, models, …show more content…
The reality of someone being affected by a type of cancer can be seen throughout the world by every human being at some point. These research will help us understand and probably create a pathway for a successful treatment or cure. Even though this study has to do with considering memory T lymphocytes as a candidate marker for the TNM immunoscore it can be applied and be useful for further studies in aiding to find a cure.
As I understood this article, the study being done was to find if memory T lymphocytes would be a suitable candidate for the immunoscore. Before I read the results that were stated in the article, I was thinking that if this candidate was approved then would it be beneficial in the pathway of a cure. As I continued to read the article I came to the conclusion that it may be possible to be in the pathway of finding a cure in the foreseeable future. But it also took me into the realization that there is more research to be