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Clinical significance of changes in tumor markers, extracellular matrix, MMP-9 and VEGF in patients with gastric carcinoma.
Hepatogastroenterology
December 2007
Department of Gastroenterology, No.3 Peoples' Hospital Affiliated to the Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Background/aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of some serum tumor marker level, extracellular matrix (ECM), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in patients with gastric cancer.
Methodology: The serum tumor markers included CEA, CA50 and CA19-9, ECM included laminin (LN), hyaluronic acid (HA), and collagen type III and IV were measured in 40 patients with gastric carcinoma and 20 matched healthy controls by radioimmunoassay. MMP-9, VEGF and MVD were measured with immunohistochemical methods and the computer image analyzer.