The peripheral monocyte count is associated with the density of tumor-associated macrophages in the tumor microenvironment of colorectal cancer: a retrospective study

The peripheral monocyte count is associated with the density of tumor-associated macrophages in the tumor microenvironment of colorectal cancer: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Inflammation is widely recognized to play an important role in cancer progression, and the peripheral monocyte count has been reported to correlate with the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. This is based on the hypothesis that the peripheral monocyte level and the de...

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Main Authors: Masatsune Shibutani, Kiyoshi Maeda, Hisashi Nagahara, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Shigetomi Nakao, Shinji Matsutani, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Colorectal cancer
Monocyte
Tumor-associated macrophage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3395-1

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