Alterations of serum cholinesterase in patients with gastric cancer

World J Gastroenterol. 2005 Aug 7;11(29):4604-6. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i29.4604.

Abstract

Aim: To understand the correlation of serum cholinesterase (CHE) activity with gastric cancer and to assess their clinical significance.

Methods: The velocity method was adopted to detect the activity of serum CHE in patients with gastric cancer and in patients with non-malignant tumor as controls.

Results: The serum CHE activity in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (83.3:113.1,P = 0.0003). Age was significantly associated with the incidence of gastric cancer.

Conclusion: Serum CHE activity has a close relation with the incidence of gastric cancer.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Cholinesterases / blood*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach Neoplasms / blood*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / epidemiology

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Cholinesterases