In addition, we found that during radiotherapy, the proportions of MDSCs were markedly increased in non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma patients but not in non-small cell lung squamous carcinoma patients; however, the proportions of CD68+CD163+M2-like macrophages were markedly elevated in non-small cell lung squamous carcinoma patients but not in non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma patients. Here, CD163 is linked to non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma.