Myśliwiec P, Piotrowski Z, Zalewski B, Kukliński A, Pawlak K. Plasma VEGF-A and its soluble receptor R1 correlate with the clinical stage of colorectal cancer.
Rocz Akad Med Bialymst 2004;
49 Suppl 1:85-7. [PMID:
15638384]
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Abstract
UNLABELLED
Our aim was to assess plasma VEGF-A and its soluble receptor R1 (sVEGF-R1) in patients with colorectal cancer, in comparison with apparently healthy subjects.
METHODS
Samples of plasma were collected from 26 patients with colorectal cancer before surgery and on post-operative day 3 and 10, frozen and eventually assessed, using ELISA kits.
RESULTS
We found an increase in VEGF-A in colorectal cancer patients and a strong positive correlation between metastatic spread and postoperative VEGF-A, which also correlated with CA19.9. Soluble VEGF-R1 showed a positive correlation with lymph node involvement.
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings may suggest that the patients with high postoperative VEGF-A should be scanned for metastases. In view of our finding that sVEGFR-1 correlates with lymph node involvement, precautions must be taken in studies of sVEGFR-1 as a potential therapeutic agent.
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