Gastric Cancer
New findings reported from National Institute for Health Development, Department of Oncology describe advances in gastric cancer
Published in Gastroenterology Week, May 28th, 2007
Fresh data on gastric cancer are presented in the report "The relation of serum anti-(GalNAc beta) and -para-Forssman disaccharide IgG levels to the progression and histological grading of gastrointestinal cancer. Earlier we found two unusual IgG-antibody specificities to GalNAc beta and GalNAc beta1-3GalNAc beta (para-Forssman disaccharide, PFdi) carbohydrate ligands in human serum. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether elevated antibody levels are related to the progression of gastrointestinal cancer and the histopathological grading," scientists in Tallinn, Estonia report.
"Specific IgG levels were tested in 159 patients with gastric cancer, 88 patients with...
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