Serum Levels Of YKL-40 in Patients with Cancer
S. No. Diagnosis Number of Patients Serum YKL-40 (µg/l) Detection Limit (µg/l) High YKL-40 % References
1 Gastric Cancer 100 132 20 - Itik et al., 26
2 Metastatic prostate cancer 153 112 20 43 -
3 Primary Breast Cancer 271 57 22 19 Johansan et al., 15
4 Metastatic breast cancer 54 80 20 41 -
5 Colorectal cancer 324 160 56 62 Cintinn et al., 9
6 Ovarian cancer 473 125 20 67 Hogdall et al., 20
7 Small cell lung cancer 131 82 23 32 Johansan et al., 11
8 Metastatic malignant melanoma 110 95 20 45 Schmidt et al., 29
9 Metastatic renal cell cancer 58 235 45 83 -
10 Squamous Cell carcinoma of Head and neck 144 121 20 53 Roslind et al., 18
Table 1: Serum levels of YKL-40 in patients with cancer.