Elevated C-reactive protein in the diagnosis, prognosis, and cause of cancer

KH Allin, BG Nordestgaard - Critical reviews in clinical laboratory …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this review is to summarize present evidence of an association between
circulating levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and cancer risk, and to evaluate whether …

C-reactive protein and the risk of cancer: a mendelian randomization study

KH Allin, BG Nordestgaard, J Zacho… - Journal of the …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Elevated plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, are
associated with an increased risk of cancer, but it is unclear whether this association is …

Baseline C-reactive protein is associated with incident cancer and survival in patients with cancer

KH Allin, SE Bojesen, BG Nordestgaard - Journal of clinical oncology, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose We tested the hypothesis that baseline plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP)
are associated with risk of incident cancer in the general population and early death in …

A systematic review of the association between circulating concentrations of C reactive protein and cancer

K Heikkilä, S Ebrahim, DA Lawlor - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2007 - jech.bmj.com
The objective of this study was to review and summarise the published evidence for an
association between circulating concentrations of C reactive protein (CRP) and cancer …

C-reactive protein levels, variation in the C-reactive protein gene, and cancer risk: the Rotterdam Study

C Siemes, LE Visser, JWW Coebergh… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose It remains unclear if inflammation itself may induce cancer, if inflammation is a
result of tumor growth, or a combination of both exists. The aim of this study was to examine …

Plasma C-reactive protein and risk of cancer: a prospective study from Greece

D Trichopoulos, T Psaltopoulou, P Orfanos… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2006 - AACR
Background: Inflammation is an important component of carcinogenesis but little research
has been conducted on whether inflammation markers can be predictive of cancer risk in …

Elevated pre-treatment levels of plasma C-reactive protein are associated with poor prognosis after breast cancer: a cohort study

KH Allin, BG Nordestgaard, H Flyger… - Breast Cancer Research, 2011 - Springer
Introduction We examined whether plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) levels at the time of
diagnosis of breast cancer are associated with overall survival, disease-free survival, death …

[PDF][PDF] Association between C-reactive protein and risk of cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

YZ Guo, L Pan, CJ Du, DQ Ren, XM Xie - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2013 - cytothesis.us
Background: Associations between elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) and cancer risk have
been reported for many years, but the results from prospective cohort studies remains …

C-reactive protein and risk of lung cancer

AK Chaturvedi, NE Caporaso, HA Katki… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Chronic inflammation could play a role in lung carcinogenesis, underscoring the
potential for lung cancer prevention and screening. We investigated the association of …

C-reactive protein and cancer risk: a pan-cancer study of prospective cohort and Mendelian randomization analysis

M Zhu, Z Ma, X Zhang, D Hang, R Yin, J Feng, L Xu… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Although observational studies have reported associations between serum C-
reactive protein (CRP) concentration and risks of lung, breast, and colorectal cancer …