Preoperative Plasma Fibrinogen Level Represents an Independent Prognostic Factor in a Chinese Cohort of Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma.

BACKGROUND:Increased plasma fibrinogen is thought to contribute to tumor progression and metastasis. The association of plasma fibrinogen with clinicopathological characteristics, and the optimal cutoff with an ideal predictive value has not been fully determined in patients with upper tract urothel...

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Main Authors: Bo Zhang, Yi Song, Jie Jin, Li-Qun Zhou, Zhi-Song He, Cheng Shen, Qun He, Jun Li, Li-Bo Liu, Cong Wang, Xiao-Yu Chen, Yu Fan, Shuai Hu, Lei Zhang, Wei Yu, Wen-Ke Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4773108?pdf=render