In addition to histopathological parameters, evaluation of associated hematological factors is essential for devising a sensitive prognostic scale in glioma. Increased neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a marker of systemic inflammatory response, has recently been associated with worse outcome in various cancers. Given that glioma progression is characterized by inflammation, aggressive angioge...

objective: to evaluate the effect of dialysis and kidney transplantation on serum levels of several tumor markers such as psa, afp, ca125, ca19- 9, ca15-3, cea and to compare with normal age matched controls. methods: between september of 2000 and july of 2001, the following tumor markers: psa, afp, ca125, ca19-9, ca15-3 and cea were measured by elisa method in 29 hemodialyzed patients (group a...

background: proliferation and expansion of cancer stem cells as spheroids were proved in previous studies. but, capability of primary tumor-derived stem cells to keep their unique properties in vitro is still disputed. so, the goal of this study was to isolate, expand and characterize of colon cancer-derived stem cells. material and methods: in the present work, colon cancer stem cells markers ...