Review of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes assessment in breast cancer in routine diagnostic practice.

Evaluation of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) is gaining importance in many cancers not only because of their prognostic, but also predictive significance. One of the tumors in which the evaluation of TIL is of prognostic importance and has potential predictive impact on the modification of treatment procedures is breast cancer, especially its so-called triple negative, and HER2 positive variants.The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the issue of TIL evaluation in breast cancer, focusing not only on the clinical significance of this evaluation, but especially on the methodological aspects of evaluation and standardized reporting of the results.