The value of serum levels of IL-6, TNF-alpha, and erythropoietin in metastatic malignant melanoma: serum IL-6 level is a valuable prognostic factor at least as serum LDH in advanced melanoma

In order to study the relation to the metastatic profile and survival, we evaluated the association between pretreatment serum levels of IL-6, TNF-alpha, and erythropoietin (EPO) and metastatic distribution and survival in 16 patients with metastatic malignant melanoma. IL-6 and TNF-alpha immunoassa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) London, England), 2005, Vol.22 (3), p.241-246
Hauptverfasser:	Tas, Faruk, Oguz, Hilal, Argon, Andaç, Duranyildiz, Derya, Camlica, Hakan, Yasasever, Vildan, Topuz, Erkan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biomarkers, Tumor - blood Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Erythropoietin - blood Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Interleukin-6 - blood Male Melanoma - pathology Middle Aged Neoplasm Metastasis Oncology Predictive Value of Tests Prognosis Skin Neoplasms - pathology Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - analysis
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