Serum bicarbonate is a marker of peri-operative mortality but is not associated with long term survival in colorectal cancer.

<h4>Aims</h4>Inflammation is a hallmark of cancer whose activity is modulated within the tumor microenvironment by low tumoral pH. Recent evidence in the literature has suggested a link between low serum bicarbonate, low tumoral pH and cancer related inflammation. There is however little...

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Main Authors: Joseph Chung Yan Chan, Connie Irene Diakos, Alexander Engel, David Lok Hang Chan, Nick Pavlakis, Anthony Gill, Stephen John Clarke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228466