Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor is present in most pleural effusion fluids from cancer patients.

Pleural effusion samples were obtained from 55 patients with malignant disease, including patients with primary lung cancers and those with a variety of other tumours metastatic to the pleura. The effusions were assayed for the presence of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF), by both EL...

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Main Authors: Eagles, G., Warn, A., Ball, R. Y., Baillie-Johnson, H., Arakaki, N., Daikuhara, Y., Warn, R. M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1996
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2074438/