Potential use of soluble CD44 in serum as indicator of tumor burden and metastasis in patients with gastric or colon cancer.

Potential Use of Soluble CD44 in Serum as Indicator of Tumor Burden and Metastasis in Patients with Gastric or Colon Cancer

Soluble CD44 is present in the serum of normal individuals (2.7 +_ 1.1 riM). The concentration of soluble CD44 in the serum is elevated in patients with advanced gastric (24.2 + 9.8 riM) or colon cancer (30.8 411 riM). Serum CD44 concentration correlated with tumor metastasis and tumor burden. Surgical resection of tumors resulted in decreases in serum CD44 levels. By Western blot analysis, mon...

Potential Use of Soluble CD44 in Serum as Indicator of Tumor Burden and Metastasis in Patients with Gastric or Colon Cancer

Soluble CD44 is present in the serum of normal individuals (2.7 +_ 1.1 riM). The concentration of soluble CD44 in the serum is elevated in patients with advanced gastric (24.2 + 9.8 riM) or colon cancer (30.8 411 riM). Serum CD44 concentration correlated with tumor metastasis and tumor burden. Surgical resection of tumors resulted in decreases in serum CD44 levels. By Western blot analysis, mon...

Potential Use of Soluble CD44 in Serum as Indicator of Tumor Burden and Metastasis in Patients with Gastric or Colon Cancer

Soluble CD44 is present in the serum of normal individuals (2.7 +_ 1.1 riM). The concentration of soluble CD44 in the serum is elevated in patients with advanced gastric (24.2 + 9.8 riM) or colon cancer (30.8 411 riM). Serum CD44 concentration correlated with tumor metastasis and tumor burden. Surgical resection of tumors resulted in decreases in serum CD44 levels. By Western blot analysis, mon...

Evaluation of preoperative elevation of serum c-reactive protein as an indicator for prognosis of colorectal cancer

  Abstract   Background : Cancer has not been elucidated in colerectal site. C-reactive protein   (CRP) is a product synthesized in hepatocytes and has been reported to be up-regulated   by such proinflammatory cytokines as interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6),   and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). The significance of a preoperative serum elevation   was evaluated using CRP as a predictive i...

Soluble Intracellular Adhesion Molecule-1 in the Serum of Colon and Gastric Cancer Patients