Over the past decade, the study of metabolic abnormalities in cancer cells has risen
dramatically. Cancer cells can thrive in challenging environments, be it the hypoxic and …

Simple Summary Innate immune natural killer (NK) cells are capable of killing metastatic
cancer cells without activation by antigen-presenting cells beforehand. The cytotoxic effects …

Purpose Adjuvant chemotherapy improves patient survival rates after resection for
pancreatic adenocarcinoma, but the optimal duration and time to initiate chemotherapy is …

Surgical resection is an important avenue for cancer treatment, which, in most cases, can
effectively alleviate the patient symptoms. However, accumulating evidence has …

Purpose Cancer-related mortality, a leading cause of death worldwide, is often the result of
metastatic disease recurrence. Anesthetic techniques have varying effects on innate and …

Objective: To perform an individual participant data meta-analysis using randomized trials
and propensity-score matched (PSM) studies which compared laparoscopic versus open …

Background Cancer surgery is necessary and life-saving. However, the majority of patients
develop postoperative recurrence and metastasis, which are the main causes of cancer …

Surgical resection continues to be the mainstay treatment for solid cancers even though
chemotherapy and immunotherapy have significantly improved patient overall survival and …

IMMUNE PATHOGENESIS The principal line of defense against cancer cell invasion and
metastasis is established via the host's innate and adaptive immune response. The key …

Background Preoperative malnutrition can worsen morbidity and mortality; however, the role
of postgastrectomy nutritional status remains unclear. Our purpose was to clarify whether …