TY - JOUR AU - Gunnarsson, Ulf AU - Strigård, Karin AU - Edin, Sofia AU - Gkekas, Ioannis AU - Mustonen, Harri AU - Kaprio, Tuomas AU - Böckelman, Camilla AU - Hagström, Jaana AU - Palmqvist, Richard AU - Haglund, Caj PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04/21 TI - Association between local immune cell infiltration, mismatch repair status and systemic inflammatory response in colorectal cancer JO - Journal of Translational Medicine SP - 178 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Systemic inflammatory response in colorectal cancer (CRC) has been established as a prognostic factor for impaired cancer-specific survival, predominantly in patients with right-sided tumors. On the other hand, defective mismatch repair (dMMR) tumors, primarily located in the right colon, are known to have favorable survival and dense local immune infiltration. The aim of this study was to see if there is any form of relationship between these seemingly diverse entities. SN - 1479-5876 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02336-6 DO - 10.1186/s12967-020-02336-6 ID - Gunnarsson2020 ER -