Alterations of serum cholinesterase in patients with gastric cancer.
OBJECTIVE
To understand the correlation of serum cholinesterase (CHE) activity with gastric cancer and to assess their clinical significance.


METHODS
The velocity method was adopted to detect the activity of serum CHE in patients with gastric cancer and in patients with non-malignant tumor as controls.


RESULTS
The serum CHE activity in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (83.3:113.1,P = 0.0003). Age was significantly associated with the incidence of gastric cancer.


CONCLUSIONS
Serum CHE activity has a close relation with the incidence of gastric cancer.
Gu
Shan-Zhi
SZ
Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Ministry of Education, Medical College of of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi Province, China.
Zhao
Xin-Han
XH
Quan
Ping
P
Li
Sheng-Bin
SB
Pan
Bo-Rong
BR
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology
D015415:Biomarkers; D002802:Cholinesterases