The relationship between right-sided tumour location, tumour microenvironment, systemic inflammation, adjuvant therapy and survival in patients undergoing surgery for colon and rectal cancer

Abstract

Right-sided tumour location was associated with an elevated tumour lymphocytic infiltrate and an elevated SIR. There was no association between tumour location and survival in the non-adjuvant or adjuvant setting in patients undergoing potentially curative surgery for stage I-III colon and rectal cancer.