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Prognostic significance of serum vascular endothelial growth factor and endostatin in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY (NOW INCLUDES EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY), Issue 10 2004
R. T. P. Poon
Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and endostatin stimulate and inhibit tumour angiogenesis respectively. Recent studies have demonstrated the prognostic value of serum levels of both VEGF and endostatin in patients with various types of cancer. Their significance in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. Methods: Serum VEGF and endostatin levels were measured by enzyme immunoassay in 108 patients with HCC before surgical resection and in 20 healthy controls. Preoperative serum VEGF and endostatin levels were correlated with clinicopathological features and long-term survival. Results: Serum VEGF levels in patients with HCC were significantly higher than those in controls, but serum levels of endostatin were similar in the two groups. High serum levels of VEGF, but not endostatin, were significantly associated with venous invasion and advanced tumour stage. Patients with a serum VEGF level higher than median (over 245·0 pg/ml) had significantly worse overall and disease-free survival than those with a lower level (P = 0·012 and P = 0·022 respectively). On multivariate analysis, serum VEGF level was an independent prognostic factor (hazard ratio 1·86 (95 per cent confidence interval 1·10 to 3·92); P = 0·032). Serum endostatin levels did not have significant prognostic influence on overall or disease-free survival. Conclusion: A high serum level of VEGF is a predictor of poor outcome after resection of HCC. Serum VEGF, but not endostatin, may be a useful prognostic marker in patients with HCC. Copyright © 2004 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Serum vascular endothelial growth factor as a tumour marker in soft tissue sarcoma,

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY (NOW INCLUDES EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY), Issue 2 2004
A. J. Hayes
Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent tumour-produced angiogenic factor. In this study serum levels of VEGF were measured before treatment and during follow-up in patients undergoing primary treatment for suspected soft tissue sarcoma (STS) to assess the value of serum VEGF as a tumour marker. Methods: Between April 2001 and September 2002, serum VEGF levels were analysed prospectively in 144 patients undergoing primary treatment (surgery, 123; cytotoxic chemotherapy, ten; oral imatinib, eight; radiotherapy, three) for suspected soft tissue sarcoma. Serum VEGF was measured by immunoassay before treatment, in the immediate postoperative interval in patients undergoing surgery, and during follow-up. Serum VEGF concentrations were also measured in 15 healthy volunteers. Results: Median pretreatment serum VEGF levels were significantly raised in patients with grade 2 and grade 3 sarcomas compared with concentrations in patients with benign lesions (413 and 467 versus 233 pg/ml respectively; P = 0·007 and P = 0·003 respectively). In patients with tumours that had a high level of VEGF expression before treatment, follow-up measurements reflected disease status after treatment. Conclusion: Serum VEGF expression correlated with grade in soft tissue sarcoma and reflected response to treatment. Copyright © 2003 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF-C levels as tumor markers in patients with cervical carcinoma

CANCER, Issue 4 2005
Akira Mitsuhashi M.D.
Abstract BACKGROUND Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF-C play a crucial role in the regulation of tumor growth and metastasis. The current study examined the significance of serum VEGF and VEGF-C levels in relation to conventional clinicopathologic parameters, response to treatment, and survival in patients with cervical carcinoma. METHODS Between December 1999 and March 2004, serum VEGF and VEGF-C levels were analyzed in 78 patients with cervical carcinoma undergoing primary treatment (primary surgery [n = 40] and radiotherapy [n = 38]), as well as in 30 healthy controls. Serum VEGF and VEGF-C levels were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before and within 2 weeks after treatment. RESULTS Serum VEGF and VEGF-C levels were higher in patients with cervical carcinoma than in the healthy control (P = 0.0002 and P = 0.0007, respectively). Both VEGF and VEGF-C concentrations increased significantly in patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC vs. normal control: P < 0.0001 and P = 0.0001, respectively), but not in adenocarcinoma (vs. normal control: P = 0.2982 and P = 0.7766, respectively). In an analysis of SCC, the pretherapeutic serum levels of VEGF and VEGF-C correlated significantly with advanced International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage and large tumor size, but not with lymph node metastasis. The pretherapeutic serum level of VEGF-C also correlated significantly with disease recurrence or persistence after treatment. Both serum VEGF and VEGF-C levels decreased significantly after treatment. CONCLUSIONS The serum levels of both VEGF and VEGF-C have potential usefulness as biologic markers of SCC of the uterine cervix. Cancer 2005. © 2005 American Cancer Society. [source]

Serum vascular endothelial growth factor in adult haematological patients with neutropenic fever: a comparison with C-reactive protein

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, Issue 3 2009
Sari Hämäläinen
Abstract Objectives:, Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is considered to be of importance in patients with sepsis. No data are available on VEGF kinetics in haematological patients with neutropenic fever. Methods:, Forty-two haematological patients were included into this prospective study. Median age was 57 yr (range 18,70). Fifteen patients received therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia and 27 patients received autologous stem cell transplantation for haematological malignancy. Laboratory samples for the determination of C-reactive protein (CRP) and VEGF were collected at the start of fever (d0) and then daily. Results:, The median serum VEGF concentrations were low in all study patients. In patients with severe sepsis (n = 5) the median VEGF on d0 was higher than in septic patients without signs of hypoperfusion or hypotension (n = 37) (77 pg/mL vs. 52 pg/mL, P = 0.061). Also on d1 the median VEGF concentration was higher in patients with severe sepsis (82 pg/mL vs. 56 pg/mL, P = 0.048). There were no statistically significant differences in CRP values on any day during the study period between patients with severe sepsis and those without. Time from d0 to the peak VEGF concentration (mean 1.02, SE 0.18 d) was shorter than that to the peak CRP concentration (mean 1.93, SE 0.15 d) (P = 0.002). Conclusion:, Compared to CRP, serum VEGF was a more rapid indicator for sepsis in our haematological patients with neutropenic fever. Those with severe sepsis had higher VEGF concentrations than those without on d0 and d1 after the onset of fever. Further studies on VEGF are warranted in haematological patients. [source]

Serum bFGF and VEGF correlate respectively with bowel wall thickness and intramural blood flow in Crohn's disease

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES, Issue 5 2004
Dr. Antonio Di Sabatino MD
Abstract Serum levels of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF),two factors known to promote tissue repair, fibroblast proliferation, and angiogenesis,were measured in Crohn's disease patients and correlated with bowel wall thickness (BWT), measured by conventional grey scale ultrasonography, and with the ileal intramural vessel flow, measured by contrast-enhanced color Doppler imaging. Serum samples were obtained from 25 patients with active Crohn's disease and 22 healthy volunteers, all sex- and age-matched. Serum bFGF and VEGF levels were measured by ELISA assay. All the patients were examined with conventional transabdominal bowel sonography. Color Doppler of the intramural enteric vessels was then performed after the intravenous injection of Levovist, a galactose-based sonographic contrast agent. In Crohn's disease patients, serum bFGF and VEGF were significantly higher compared with healthy volunteers. A positive correlation between serum bFGF and BWT and between serum VEGF and color Doppler signal intensity was found. The raised serum bFGF levels in Crohn's disease patients with intestinal strictures compared with patients with other phenotypes (fistulizing, inflammatory), together with the correlation observed between serum bFGF and BWT, suggests a possible involvement of bFGF in the process of transmural fibrogenesis in Crohn's disease. The higher levels of VEGF in those patients with increased intramural blood flow suggests that VEGF may be considered a marker of angiogenesis in this condition. [source]