Neither the univariate nor multivariate Cox regression analyses showed a significant association of FOXP3+ iTIL with BCSS in the whole cohort of unselected breast cancer patients (univariate analysis: HR = 1.13, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.99 to 1.29; multivariate analysis: HR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.77 to 1.02; full details in Table S2 in Additional file 1). Here, FOXP3 is linked to breast carcinoma.