Association Between Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and PD-L1 Expression in Gastric Cancer: Prevalence, Clinicopathological Features, and Prognostic Implications.

Cancers (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12070931 · PMID 40361419

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Although EBVaGC in our study was more frequently observed in male patients, tumors involving non-antral tumor locations, and histologically classified as poorly differentiated with diffuse or mixed subtypes (Lauren classification), these trends did not reach statistical significance.

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Association Between EBV Status and PD-L1 Expression in Gastric Cancer Patients with EBV-positive gastric cancer showed a trend toward increased PD-L1 expression (CPS ≥ 1 and CPS ≥ 5) across all subgroups.

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