Activation of factor VII in patients with carcinoma of the prostate. A preliminary report.
A preliminary report suggests a correlation between metastatic prostate cancer and increased plasma factor VIIa levels. Prostate cancer without metastases and prostate hypertrophy showed no clear pattern in factor VIIa. Further investigations concerning the relation between metastatic cancer and clotting factors are in progress.
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D005167:Factor VII / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015942:Factor VIIa; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
D000925:Anticoagulants; D005167:Factor VII; D015942:Factor VIIa