title: Serum levels of angiopoietin-1, angiopoietin-2, and their receptor tie-2 in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer during chemotherapy.
abstract: This pilot study was conducted to investigate the prognostic role and the effects of chemotherapy on serum angiogenic factors enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay consisting of Angiopoietin-1 and 2 (Ang-1, Ang-2) and their receptor Tie-2 in patients with advanced stage nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Concentration of Ang-2 was higher in NSCLC (n= 40) than in healthy people (n= 15), whereas Ang-1 and Tie-2 were comparable. In our opinion determination of Ang-1, Ang-2, and Tie-2 concentrations have no clinical significance in the prognosis of the survival time in lung cancer and can not be used as a predictor of response to the chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. naumw@post.pl
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Naumnik
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chyczewska
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ossolinska