Background In 2005, the International Study Group of Pancreatic Fistula developed a
definition and grading of postoperative pancreatic fistula that has been accepted universally. …

Objective To determine whether preoperative biliary instrumentation and preoperative
biliary drainage are associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates after …

… infusion, with a 30-fold increase in the circulating total of NK numbers and a more than
350-fold increase in the number of CD56 bright NK cells (K Conlon and TA Waldmann, unpubl.). …

Background Stimulating an immune response against cancer with the use of vaccines remains
a challenge. We hypothesized that combining a melanoma vaccine with interleukin-2, an …

Background This position statement was developed to expedite a consensus on definition
and treatment for borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (BRPC) that would …

The human cytokine interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) is a small glycoprotein secreted
by activated T cells, monocytes, endothelial cells, and keratinocytes, and is structurally …

Objective The authors reviewed the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients who underwent
resection with curative intent for ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas between 1983 …

… power (40x) fields, and each concentration of k chemoattractant was tested in triplicate. …
Few peripheral cells that carried the transgenes could be detected in p56Ic-k- mice, although 70 …

Purpose Interleukin-15 (IL-15) has significant potential in cancer immunotherapy as an activator
of antitumor CD8 T and natural killer (NK) cells. The primary objectives of this trial were …

Background The lymph node (Ln) status of patients with resectable pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma is an important predictor of survival. The survival benefit of extended …