Serum bicarbonate is a marker of peri-operative mortality but is not associated with long term survival in colorectal cancer.
Joseph Chung Yan ChanConnie Irene DiakosAlexander EngelDavid Lok Hang ChanNick PavlakisAnthony GillStephen John ClarkePublished in: PloS one (2020)
In peri-operative colorectal cancer patients, serum bicarbonate was associated with 30-day survival but not 5-year survival.