Serum Levels of Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in Diagnosis and Prognosis of Gallbladder Cancer: A Pilot Study

Objectives Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) are proinflammatory cytokines that play a major role in tumorigenesis. These biomarkers are relatively unexplored in gallbladder cancer (GBC) for their diagnostic and prognostic utility.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Poonam Sharma, Sarath Krishnan M P, Amit Gupta, Sweety Gupta, Rahul Saxena, Anissa Atif Mirza, Bela Goyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1772772