| Literature DB >> 7841052 |
G Scambia1, U Testa, P Benedetti Panici, E Foti, R Martucci, A Gadducci, A Perillo, V Facchini, C Peschle, S Mancuso.
Abstract
High levels of IL-6 were found in 50% of 114 patients with primary ovarian cancer. IL-6 sensitivity was lower than that of CA 125, and the combination of both assays did not increase the sensitivity of CA 125 alone. However, elevated IL-6 serum levels were correlated with a poor prognosis since patients with low IL-6 levels had a better survival than patients with high IL-6 levels (P = 0.0009). Multivariate analysis revealed that IL-6 positivity has an independent value.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7841052 PMCID: PMC2033591 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1995.71
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640