Circulating serum levels of cytokines and angiogenic factors in patients with cervical cancer

• Published in: Cancer investigation Vol. 16; no. 3; p. 152
• Main Authors: Chopra, V, Dinh, T V, Hannigan, E V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 1998
• Subjects: Adult; Cytokines - blood; Female; Growth Substances - blood; Humans; Interleukins - blood; Middle Aged; Proteins - metabolism; Ribonuclease, Pancreatic; Transforming Growth Factor beta - blood; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - blood

Progression of cervical cancer is associated with excessive circulating levels of cytokines, which are known to be modulators of tumor angiogenesis. The concentrations of cytokines and growth factors were assayed using enzyme-linked immunosorbant assays in the serum of 61 women in various stages of...