ELEVATED LEVELS OF CIRCULATING INTERLEUKIN-6 AND TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-beta 1 IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC PROSTATIC CARCINOMA

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Howard L. Adler · Cancer Research Center

MARK A. McCURDY · Baylor College of Medicine

Michael W. Kattan · Cancer Research Center

Terry L. Timme · Baylor College of Medicine

Peter T. Scardino · Cancer Research Center

Timothy C. Thompson · Cancer Research Center

Abstract

IL-6 and TGF-beta1 correlate with tumor burden as assessed by serum PSA or clinically evident metastases. Further research is needed to determine the response to androgen ablation as well as the source(s) and actions of these cytokines.

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Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis

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Published in: The Journal of Urology

Volume 161, Issue 1, pp. 182-187

DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)62092-5

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ELEVATED LEVELS OF CIRCULATING INTERLEUKIN-6 AND TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-beta 1 IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC PROSTATIC CARCINOMA

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