Major cancer surgery is a high-risk situation for sepsis in the post-operative period. The aim of this study was to assess the relation between the monocyte production of IL-12 and the development of post-operative sepsis in patients undergoing major cancer surgery.
Département d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232 Bd Sainte Marguerite, 13273 Marseille Cedex 9, France. mokartd@marseille.fnclcc.fr