The inflammatory milieu within the pancreatic cancer microenvironment correlates with clinicopathologic parameters, chemoresistance and survival.

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Published in BMC Cancer on October 24, 2015

Authors

Daniel Delitto1, Brian S Black2, Heather L Sorenson3, Andrea E Knowlton4, Ryan M Thomas5,6, George A Sarosi7,8, Lyle L Moldawer9, Kevin E Behrns10, Chen Liu11, Thomas J George12, Jose G Trevino13, Shannon M Wallet14, Steven J Hughes15

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Room 6116, Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. delitto@ufl.edu.
2: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Room 6116, Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. bsblack@ufl.edu.
3: Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. HSorenson@dental.ufl.edu.
4: Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. aknowlton@dental.ufl.edu.
5: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Room 6116, Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. Ryan.Thomas@surgery.ufl.edu.
6: North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. Ryan.Thomas@surgery.ufl.edu.
7: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Room 6116, Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. george.sarosi@surgery.ufl.edu.
8: North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. george.sarosi@surgery.ufl.edu.
9: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Room 6116, Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. lyle.moldawer@surgery.ufl.edu.
10: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Room 6116, Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. kevin.behrns@surgery.ufl.edu.
11: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. liu@pathology.ufl.edu.
12: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. thom.george@medicine.ufl.edu.
13: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Room 6116, Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. Jose.Trevino@surgery.ufl.edu.
14: Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. swallet@dental.ufl.edu.
15: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Room 6116, Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA. Steven.Hughes@surgery.ufl.edu.

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