CD8A and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: The densities of CD3+, CD8+, and CD45RO+ TILs were found to be independent predictors of lymph node metastasis by multivariate analysis with odds ratios (95% CI) of 0.425 (0.204–0.885), 0.325 (0.150–0.707), and 0.402 (0.190–0.850), respectively.