The Diagnostic Power of the Platelet Mass Index for Testicular Tumours: A Simple Blood Test
Introduction: The relationship between inflammation and cancer has long been the focus of researchers' interest. There are many inflammatory markers studied for this purpose in the literature. In this context, we focused on the effects of platelet counts and platelet mass index (PMI) as inflamm...
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| author | Reha Girgin Önder Çınar Ersan Bulut Bülent Akduman Gökhan Çeker |
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| description | Introduction: The relationship between inflammation and cancer has long been the focus of researchers' interest. There are many inflammatory markers studied for this purpose in the literature. In this context, we focused on the effects of platelet counts and platelet mass index (PMI) as inflammatory markers in the diagnosis of low-volume localized testicular cancer.
Materials and methods: Thirty-eight patients with localized testicular cancer with a mean age of 30.84 ± 5.79 years and 38 patients with varicocele as a control group with a mean age of 32.8 ± 9.7 years were enrolled in the study. Number of platelets, mean platelet volume and value of PMI were calculated from peripheral blood samples obtained.
Results: Number of platelets and PMI values were statistically significantly higher in patients with testicular cancer compared with the control group (p<.05).
Conclusions: Both platelet counts and PMI values can be used as a simple test in the diagnosis of testicular cancer besides the well-known accurate serum tumor markers as AFP (alpha fetoprotein), hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) and LDH (lactate dehydrogenase). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98141febc05d473282428968df22914f2022-12-21T22:59:44ZengEmergency Department of Hospital San Pedro (Logroño, Spain)Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine2695-50752021-07-0133257263https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5055900The Diagnostic Power of the Platelet Mass Index for Testicular Tumours: A Simple Blood TestReha Girgin0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1132-8629Önder Çınar1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0107-5843Ersan Bulut2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6454-4152Bülent Akduman3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7647-0418Gökhan Çeker4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7891-9450Bulent Ecevit University, Medical Faculty, Department of Urology, Zonguldak, TurkeyBulent Ecevit University, Medical Faculty, Department of Urology, Zonguldak, TurkeyBulent Mersin City Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Mersin, TurkeyBulent Ecevit University, Medical Faculty, Department of Urology, Zonguldak, TurkeySamsun Vezirköprü State Hospital, Department of Urology, Samsun, TurkeyIntroduction: The relationship between inflammation and cancer has long been the focus of researchers' interest. There are many inflammatory markers studied for this purpose in the literature. In this context, we focused on the effects of platelet counts and platelet mass index (PMI) as inflammatory markers in the diagnosis of low-volume localized testicular cancer. Materials and methods: Thirty-eight patients with localized testicular cancer with a mean age of 30.84 ± 5.79 years and 38 patients with varicocele as a control group with a mean age of 32.8 ± 9.7 years were enrolled in the study. Number of platelets, mean platelet volume and value of PMI were calculated from peripheral blood samples obtained. Results: Number of platelets and PMI values were statistically significantly higher in patients with testicular cancer compared with the control group (p<.05). Conclusions: Both platelet counts and PMI values can be used as a simple test in the diagnosis of testicular cancer besides the well-known accurate serum tumor markers as AFP (alpha fetoprotein), hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) and LDH (lactate dehydrogenase).https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5055900pmitesticular tumoursbiomarkers |
| spellingShingle | Reha Girgin Önder Çınar Ersan Bulut Bülent Akduman Gökhan Çeker The Diagnostic Power of the Platelet Mass Index for Testicular Tumours: A Simple Blood Test Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine pmi testicular tumours biomarkers |
| title | The Diagnostic Power of the Platelet Mass Index for Testicular Tumours: A Simple Blood Test |
| title_full | The Diagnostic Power of the Platelet Mass Index for Testicular Tumours: A Simple Blood Test |
| title_fullStr | The Diagnostic Power of the Platelet Mass Index for Testicular Tumours: A Simple Blood Test |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Diagnostic Power of the Platelet Mass Index for Testicular Tumours: A Simple Blood Test |
| title_short | The Diagnostic Power of the Platelet Mass Index for Testicular Tumours: A Simple Blood Test |
| title_sort | diagnostic power of the platelet mass index for testicular tumours a simple blood test |
| topic | pmi testicular tumours biomarkers |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5055900 |
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