title: Preliminary evaluation of the potential prognostic value of serum levels of immunoglobulins (IgA, IgM, IgG, IgE) in patients with gastric cancer.
abstract: Sixty patients with advanced gastric carcinoma who refused to receive cytotoxic chemotherapy were examined for serum immunoglobulin levels (IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE). Three samples were obtained every two months thereafter. The group of patients who had above-normal values of one or more of the examined immunoglobulins had a longer survival than the other (p < 0.024). Immunoglobulin values were independent of the Helicobacter pylori antibody titer and of acute phase reactants. It is concluded that survival potentially correlates with serum immunoglobulin levels. Further studies including larger numbers of patients and correlating serum immunoglobulin levels with specific clinical parameters are needed to establish the prognostic role of serum immunoglobulins in patients with gastric carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsavaris
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsigalacis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kosmas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koufos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vaiopoulos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tzivras
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kouraklis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papadimas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Georgoulis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Archimandritis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sechas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007073:Immunoglobulin E