Research Article

Prognostic Role of Tumor Microenvironment in DLBCL and Relation to Patients’ Clinical Outcome: A Clinical and Immunohistochemical Study

Table 1

Staining system of tumor cells for CD4, CD8, MMP9, and CD68.

The intensity of staining scorePercent of stained cells
Score 0No stainingScore 0No. of cells

Score 1Weak stainingScore 11-20% of cells were stained
Score 2Moderate stainingScore 220-70% of cells were stained
Score 3Strong stainingScore 370-100% of cells were stained
Total score
0- expression
4- expression