[HTML][HTML] Prognostic value of intratumoral neutrophils in advanced gastric carcinoma in a high-risk area in northern Italy

RA Caruso, R Bellocco, M Pagano, G Bertoli, L Rigoli… - Modern Pathology, 2002 - Elsevier
Several lines of evidence indicate that neutrophils act nonspecifically against tumor cells.
The correlation between tumor-infiltrating neutrophils (TINs) and clinicopathological features
remains unclear and deserves to be investigated. To analyze the prognostic influence of
TINs in gastric carcinoma, the authors selected 273 patients with advanced gastric
carcinoma who underwent gastrectomy at Cremona Hospital (Lombardia, Italy) between
1990 and 1995 and followed them for a period of 5 years. The number of TINs was assessed …