Improved survival of patients with multiple myeloma after the introduction of novel agents and the applicability of the International Staging System (ISS): an analysis of the Greek Myeloma Study Group (GMSG)

Circulating angiopoietin-1 to angiopoiet

Circulating angiopoietin-1 to angiopoietin-2 ratio is an independent prognostic factor for survival in newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma who received therapy with novel antimyeloma agents

✍ Evangelos Terpos; Konstantinos Anargyrou; Eirini Katodritou; Efstathios Kastriti 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 456 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract The circulating levels of several angiogenic cytokines [angiopoietin‐1 (Ang‐1), angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), angiogenin and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)] were evaluated in 174 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed, symptomatic, multiple