Reports from Imperial College, Department of Surgery advance knowledge in pancreatic cancer immunology.

Data detailed in 'The expression of IL-8 and IL-8 receptors in pancreatic adenocarcinomas and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours' have been presented. "Inflammatory mediators influence tumor progression. IL-8 has been shown to have pro-angiogenic, mitogenic and motogenic effects and several studies have demonstrated the expression of IL-8 by various human pancreatic cancer cell lines," investigators in London, the United Kingdom report (see also Pancreatic Cancer Immunology).

"The expression of IL-8 and IL-8 receptors was studied in 52 pancreatic adenocarcinomas and 52 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours using immunohistochemistry. The expression of IL-8 and IL-8 receptors was …