The combination of systemic inflammation-based marker NLR and circulating regulatory T cells predicts the prognosis of resectable pancreatic cancer patients

H Cheng, G Luo, Y Lu, K Jin, M Guo, J Xu, J Long, L Liu… - Pancreatology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The systemic inflammation response and immune impairment are closely
related to the development and progression of various tumours, such as pancreatic cancer.
In this study, we evaluated circulating inflammation factors and circulating regulatory T cells
(Tregs) as markers of immunosuppression in a cohort of Chinese patients with resectable
pancreatic cancer. Methods Samples were retrospectively collected from a series of 195
pathological stage I/II pancreatic cancer patients who underwent potentially curative surgery …