C-reactive protein,procalcitonin,interleukin-6,vascular endothelial growth factor and oxidative metabolites in diagnosis of infection and staging in patients with gastric cancer

The current study was to determine the serum/plasmalevels of VEGF, IL-6, malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide(NO), PCT and CRP in gastric carcinoma and correlation withthe stages of the disease and accompanying infection.