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Decreased Serum Thrombospondin-1 Levels in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Up to 24 Months Prior to Clinical Diagnosis: Association with Diabetes Mellitus

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2015

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Claire Jenkinson, Victoria L. Elliott, A.G. Evans, Lucy Oldfield, Rosalind E. Jenkins, Darragh P. O’Brien, Sophia Apostolidou, Aleksandra Gentry‐Maharaj, Evangelia-O Fourkala, Ian Jacobs,
Clinical Cancer Research

Abstract

Circulating TSP-1 levels decrease up to 24 months prior to diagnosis of PDAC and significantly enhance the diagnostic performance of CA19-9. The influence of diabetes mellitus on biomarker behavior should be considered in future studies.

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