Predictive value of preoperative serum CCL2, CCL18, and VEGF for the patients with gastric cancer

Predictive value of preoperative serum CCL2, CCL18, and VEGF for the patients with gastric cancer

BACKGROUND To investigate the expression of chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), chemokine ligand 18 (CCL18), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in peripheral blood of patients with gastric cancer and their correlation with presence of malignancy and disease progression. METHODS Sixty patients with pathological proved gastric cancer were prospectively included into study. The levels of CCL2,...

Predictive Value of Preoperative Serum CCL2, CCL18, and VEGF for the Presence of Malignancy and Disease Progression in Patients with Gastric Cancer

Diagnosis and preoperative predictive value of serum HE4 concentrations for optimal debulking in epithelial ovarian cancer

The aim of this study was to evaluate serum human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) concentrations for the diagnosis and preoperative prediction of optimal debulking in epithelial ovarian cancer. The concentrations of serum HE4 and CA125 in 180 epithelial ovarian cancer patients, 40 benign ovarian tumor patients and 40 healthy female subjects were determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (E...

Prognostic value of preoperative serum lactate dehydrogenase levels for resectable gastric cancer and prognostic nomograms

The present study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of preoperative serum lactate dehydrogenase (SLDH) levels for resected gastric cancer and construct prognostic nomograms for risk prediction. The study cohort consisted of 619 patients with D2-resected gastric cancer. The relationship of SLDH levels with clinicopathological features and clinical outcomes was evaluated. Prognostic n...

Predictive value of preoperative serum CA-125 levels in patients with uterine cancer: The Asian experience 2000 to 2012

OBJECTIVE Much of the early investigative work on the usefulness of preoperative serum CA-125 levels in identifying patients with early-stage endometrial carcinoma who have occult metastases were carried out in Europe and the United States. This article reviews CA-125 as a possible index for determining the need for full surgical staging, from the results of large medical centers in Asia, parti...