D-dimer: not just an indicator of venous thrombosis but a predictor of asymptomatic hematogenous metastasis in gastric cancer patients.

Plasma D-dimer levels have been shown to be high in advanced tumor stage patients and can be used to predict clinical outcome in cancer patients. As most advanced tumor stage patients exhibit asymptomatic metastasis, which contributes to early tumor recurrence after surgery, we hypothesized that pla...

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Main Authors: Dongmei Diao, Zhe Wang, Yao Cheng, Hao Zhang, Qi Guo, Yongchun Song, Kun Zhu, Kang Li, Di Liu, Chengxue Dang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4077774?pdf=render