ASO Author Reflections: Can the Association Between Obesity and Colorectal Cancer Be Explained by an Unfavorable Tumor Immune Microenvironment?

Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Dec;26(Suppl 3):535-536. doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-7011-7. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

Authors

Devin C Flaherty¹, Anton J Bilchik^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Valley Health Surgical Oncology, Winchester, VA, USA.
² Department of Surgical Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA. bilchika@jwci.org.
³ California Oncology Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA. bilchika@jwci.org.

PMID: 30523469
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-7011-7

No abstract available

MeSH terms

CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology
Colorectal Neoplasms / etiology
Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
DNA Mismatch Repair*
Forkhead Transcription Factors / metabolism
Humans
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / immunology
Prognosis
T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology
T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / immunology
Tumor Microenvironment / immunology*

Substances

FOXP3 protein, human
Forkhead Transcription Factors