title: Increased serum concentrations of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in uterine cervical cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the serum concentration of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) in women with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. Serum samples were obtained from 38 Japanese women with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix before initial treatment (12 in stage 0, 7 in stage I, 5 in stage II, 9 in stage III and 5 in stage IV), 7 patients with a recurrence of this cancer, and 18 healthy female volunteers. Serum sVCAM-1 was measured with a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Serum concentrations (means+/-SD) of sVCAM-1 in the healthy volunteers, the patients with cervical cancer in stages 0-IV and in the patients with recurrent tumors were 597.2+/-151.4, 690.1+/-214.2, 1,234.8+/-466.1, 1,159.8+/-825.8, 1,529.6+/-662.0, 1,053.0+/-228.8, and 1,134.8+/-211.3 ng/ml, respectively. Values for patients with stages I-IV or recurrent cervical cancer were significantly increased compared to those for healthy volunteers (p < 0.05). Results suggest that sVCAM-1 is shed from endothelial cells in the cancerous tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nasu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Etoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narahara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012016:Reference Values; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1