cancer malignancy
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients diagnosed with carcinomas(epithelial tumors) of the gastrointestinal tract including colorectal, pancreatic,stomach and bowel. Patients with cancer of the genito-urinary tract (i.e prostate and renal tumours). Also patients with adeno-and squamous carcinomas of the lung, cancer of the ovaries and hematological malignancies.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: pregnant women recent immobilization systemic (chemo)therapy for metastatic disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Study variables; MP-TF activity, MP phenotypes, cytokines, FV Leiden, FII mutations, sTF and sP-selectin. We will compare the results of the study variables (see above) between the different cancer types and between patients and healthy volunteers. The level of MP-TF activity and MP phenotypes will also be compared with patients who did and did not developed thrombosis, patients who did and did not undergo a change in the stage of their disease and survival between the different groups of patients. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| MP-TF activity, MP-phenotypes, FV Leiden and FII mutations in the controle group. | — |
Countries
Netherlands