Hyperfibrinogenemia is associated with lymphatic as well as hematogenous metastasis and worse clinical outcome in T2 gastric cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Abnormal hemostasis in cancer patients has previously been described, however the correlation between the plasma fibrinogen level and cancer metastasis and prognosis has not been reported in a large-scale clinical study.</p> &l...

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Main Authors: Yatomi Yutaka, Kanno Nobuko, Kitayama Joji, Yamashita Hiroharu, Nagawa Hirokazu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/6/147