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Table 1.2 The correlation between TAMs density and prognosis or angiogenesis in
different forms of human cancer
Tumor type Prognosis Angiogenesis References

Stomach Good No ( Ohno et al.,

2003 )

Colorectal Good No ( Funada et al.,

2003 )

Melanoma No correlation No ( Piras et al., 2005 )

Ovary Poor Increase ( Orre and

Rogers, 1999 )

Cervix Poor Increase ( Salvesen and

Akslen, 1999 )

Lung (NSCLC) Poor Increase ( Koukourakis

et al., 1998 )

Glioma Poor Increase ( Nishie et al.,

1999 )

Breast Poor Increase ( Leek et al., 1999 )

Prostate Poor Increase ( Lissbrant et al.,

2000 )

Endometrial Poor Increase ( Ohno et al.,

2004 )

Bladder Poor Increase ( Hanada et al.,

2000 )

Kidney Poor Increase ( Hamada et al.,

2002 )

Squamous cell carcinoma Poor Increase ( Koide et al.,

2004 )

Malignant uveal melanoma Poor Increase ( Makitie et al.,

2001 )

Follicular lymphoma Poor No ( Farinha et al.,

2005 )

Hepatocellular Poor Increase ( Zhu et al., 2008 )

Thyroid Poor No ( Ryder et al.,

2008 )

Cholangiocarcinoma Poor No ( Subimerb et al.,

2010 )

Sarcoma Poor No ( Fujiwara et al.,

2011 )

Lymphoma Poor No ( Harris et al.,

2012 )

Pancreatic Poor Increase ( Kurahara et al.,

2012 )

“No” indicates without detection. NSCLC, non-small-cell lung carcinoma.