Serum VEGF levels in gastric cancer patients: correlation withclinicopathological parameters
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Serum VEGF levels in gastric cancer patients: correlation with clinicopathological parameters.
BACKGROUND/AIM To evaluate the predictive role of the circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in gastric cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a case-control study. We measured serum VEGF levels of 30 patients aged between 34 and 83 years with gastric cancer and 30 patients without malignant pathology, operated on for benign pathologies, with ages rangin...
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عنوان ژورنال: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1300-0144,1303-6165
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1401-154