Clinical significance of pretreatment serum levels of VEGF and its receptors, IL- 8, and their prognostic value in type I and II endometrial cancer patients.

The study aimed to assess the usefulness of the determination of cytokines: IL-8, VEGF and its soluble receptors: VEGF-R1, VEGF-R2 in patients with endometrial cancer (EC).The study group consisted of 118 patients with EC subjected to surgical treatment. Before the treatment we determined the serum...

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Main Authors: Beata Kotowicz, Malgorzata Fuksiewicz, Joanna Jonska-Gmyrek, Alicja Berezowska, Jakub Radziszewski, Mariusz Bidzinski, Maria Kowalska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5633267?pdf=render