Objective To study the advances in the relationship between the number of infiltrating dendritic cells and the postoperative prognosis of digestive malignant tumor. MethodsThe literature in recent years on the relationship between the number of infiltrating dendritic cells and the postoperative prognosis of digestive malignant tumor was reviewed.ResultsThe number of infiltrating dendritic cells among esophageal cancer,and gastric carcinoma,colonic cancer and pancreatic cancer was associated with a better prognosis.Conclusion The population density of dendritic cells among the malignant tissue could be regarded as an independent indicator in estimating the postoperative prognosis of malignant tumor.
