Non-Human Determinants of Lung Cancer Outcome: A Target for Inhibition of Pro-Metastatic Effect of Surgery, Triggered by Postoperative Bacterial Pneumonia

How infectious complications after surgical resection of primary tumor may promote cancer progression represents a hot topic in cancer research. We know that acute pneumonia following lung cancer resection is associated with an increased risk of metastases and long-term mortality, but the mechanisms of such unfavorable outcome are poorly understood. Moreover, if postoperative pneumonia is a real determinant of poorer outcome or just a...