Systemic Inflammatory Response and Elevated Tumour Markers Predict Worse Survival in Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

BACKGROUND:Estimation of the prognosis of resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) currently relies on tumour-related factors such as resection margins and on lymph-node ratio (LNR) both inconveniently available only postoperatively. Our aim was to assess the accuracy of preoperative labor...

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Main Authors: Aino Salmiheimo, Harri Mustonen, Ulf-Håkan Stenman, Pauli Puolakkainen, Esko Kemppainen, Hanna Seppänen, Caj Haglund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5025052?pdf=render