Correlation between pre-therapeutic TPS and VEGF concentrations, in the serum of patients with cancer of the uterine cervix, and early effects of therapy

Only pre-therapeutic TPS levels show definite differences between degrees of clinical advancement and also with early therapeutic effects. Comparatively higher levels of serum TPS were found in patients with the worst prognosis prior to treatment (group P) than in the control group. This difference is statistically significant. Pre-therapeutic VEGF levels showed statistically significant differences between early (I, II) and advanced (III) clinical stages of the tumor as well as some effects of therapy assessed immediately after completion of treatment (PR vs S).