Publication: Prognostic value of procalcitonin in infection-related mortality of cancer patients
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2016-05-01
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Sedef, Ali Murat
Kose, Fatih
Sumbul, Ahmet Taner
Dogan, Ozlem
Kursun, Ebru
Yurdakul, Zafer
Gultepe, BİLGE
Mertsoylu, Huseyin
Sezer, Ahmet
Ozyilkan, Ozgur
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Purpose: Infectious diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. Tumor-induced inflammatory responses may increase the value of classical inflammatory markers in blood, so these markers may not be as useful in cancer patients as in non-cancer patients. Serum procalcitonin (PCT) is a sensitive and specific biomarker for severe infection, and has been shown to be unaffected by tumor-induced inflammatory response. In this study we aimed to evaluate the possible role of PCT in mortality in cancer patients with infection.
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Sedef A. M. , Kose F., Sumbul A. T. , Dogan O., Kursun E., Yurdakul Z., Gultepe B., Mertsoylu H., Sezer A., Ozyilkan O., -Prognostic value of procalcitonin in infection-related mortality of cancer patients-, JOURNAL OF BUON, cilt.21, ss.740-744, 2016