title: Serum VEGF as a significant marker of treatment response in hodgkin lymphoma.
abstract: This pilot study aimed at determining serum VEGF levels (S-VEGF) at diagnosis and at restaging in children with Hodgkin lymphoma, and investigating whether this parameter provides prognostic information for remission after 2 courses of chemotherapy. PET-CT fusion was performed to assess response to treatment. Changes in S-VEGF levels were found to correlate with response to treatment for most of the children. This provides a rationale for exploring clinical interest in S-VEGF measurements in a larger group of children with Hodgkin lymphoma, and using the test for clinical trials of anti-angiogenic therapies.
authors: Department of Pediatric Hematology, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
authors: M Weyl
authors: MW
authors: Ben Arush
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ben Barak
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Maurice
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Livne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012074:Remission Induction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C467484:VEGFA protein, human; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A