title: Procalcitonin Is Not Useful to Discriminate Between Infectious and Noninfectious CRP Elevation in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Oncology,Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases Lostau,Germany.
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scheinpflug
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Hematology and Oncology,Medical Center,Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg,Germany.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schalk
authors.affiliation: 3Center for Laboratory Medicine,Microbiology,Hygiene and Human Genetics Magdeburg,Germany.
authors.forename: Elske
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grabert
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Oncology,Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases Lostau,Germany.
authors.forename: H Jost
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Achenbach
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012372:ROC Curve; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide