Multivariate analyses revealed that p‐stages II‐IV (vs. p‐stage I; HR = 2.105; 95% CI, 1.036–4.279; P = 0.040) and CD8high TILs (vs. CD8low TILs; HR = 0.411; 95% CI, 0.177–0.954; P = 0.038) were independent and significant predictive factors for OS in NSCLC instead of PD‐L1 expression (HR = 1.682; 95% CI, 0.833–3.397; P = 0.147) (Table 2). Here, CD274 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.