Recent studies have shown that the Th1/Th2 balance shifts toward Th2 dominance in cancer-bearing state or under surgical stress. This study was designed to investigate whether perioperative impaired Th1/Th2 balance is associated with the occurrence of postoperative infection following colorectal cancer surgery.
Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation (Department of Surgery 1), Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. a-matsu@nms.ac.jp