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Abstract
Context: Netrin-1 is found to be elevated and usable as a diagnostic biomarker in many human cancers.
Objectives: We evaluated serum Netrin-1 concentrations in patients with advanced gastric cancer compared with those in a healthy group.
Material and methods: Thirty patients with advanced gastric cancer and thirty healthy people were included in the study. Serum netrin-1 concentrations were measured by quantitative ELISA method in both groups.
Results: The mean serum Netrin-1 concentrations were found to be significantly higher in patients with gastric cancer than in healthy controls. The mean serum Netrin-1 concentrations were found to be significantly higher in patients with gastric cancer before the beginning of chemotherapy when compared after the completion of third cycle.
Discussion and conclusion: Our results indicated that netrin-1 concentrations elevated in advanced gastric cancer compared to a healthy control group and netrin-1 concentrations decreased with chemotherapy.
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