Pre-treatment serum vascular endothelial growth factor is associated with clinical response and overall survival in advanced melanoma patients treated with ipilimumab
✍ Scribed by Jianda Yuan,Jun Zhou,Zhiwan Dong,Sapna Tandon…
- Book ID
- 126381287
- Publisher
- Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2051-1426
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an important regulator of angiogenesis and vascular permeability. Increased serum VEGF concentrations (S-VEGF) have been found in patients with various types of human cancer, including cancer of the lung. However, the clinical and prognostic significance
## Abstract ## Background The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the prognostic value of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (sVEGF) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). ## Methods sVEGF was prospectively detected in 306 patients with NPC with enzyme‐linked imm