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Diagnostic and prognostic value of preoperative combined GFAP, IGFBP‐2, and YKL‐40 plasma levels in patients with glioblastoma

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2014

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Jaime Gállego Pérez‐Larraya, Sophie Paris, Ahmed Idbaïh, Caroline Dehais, Florence Laigle–Donadey, Soledad Navarro, Laurent Capelle, Karima Mokhtari, Yannick Marie, Marc Sanson,
Cancer

Abstract

A combined profile of preoperative IGFBP-2, GFAP, and YKL-40 plasma levels could serve as an additional diagnostic tool for patients with inoperable brain lesions suggestive of GBM. In addition, IGFBP-2 levels appear to constitute an independent prognostic factor in patients with GBM.

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