CD274 and neoplasm: In patients with high levels of preoperative plasma sPD-L1, the probability of 5-year RFS was significantly poor for patients with low PD-L1 expression intensity of tumor cells (tcPD-L1) compared with those with high tcPD-L1 (33.3% vs. 87.5%, respectively, P = 0.016; 95% CI, 0.013–0.964).