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The LDH test for melanoma and detection of metastasis

Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Key Takeaways The LDH test helps doctors stage and monitor advanced melanoma.High ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

High LDH Levels Associated With Worse Survival in Newly Diagnosed AML

Elevated white blood cell counts also appear to correlate with shorter overall survival in patients receiving standard induction chemotherapy plus cytarabine for acute myeloid leukemia. High serum ...
Medscape

Low LDH May Predict Second-Line Bevacizumab CRC Response

BARCELONA — Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) who have progressed after first-line chemotherapy plus bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech) and who have low levels of lactate dehydrogenase ...
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Higher nasopharyngeal LDH levels linked to less severe bronchiolitis

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Children with higher nasopharyngeal ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Lactate Dehydrogenase Levels Associated With Fatigue, QOL in Patients With PNH

Patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) had decreased quality of life (QOL) and worse fatigue that could be linked to lactate dehydrogenase levels. Researchers found that levels of ...
Nature

Lactate dehydrogenase 5 expression in melanoma increases with disease progression and is associated with expression of Bcl-XL and Mcl-1, but not Bcl-2 proteins

In this study, we assessed tissue expression of LDH-5 in benign melanocytic tumors and in melanomas at different stages of progression, in order to determine whether LDH-5 expression in tissue ...
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Pretreatment levels of serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and clinical outcome in metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving first-line chemotherapy and bevacizumab.

The single-nucleotide polymorphism T>C rs4353229 in CASP7 gene and mir-224 as new biomarkers of oxaliplatin-induced neurotoxicity in advanced colorectal cancer. Background: No predictive marker for ...
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The role of LDH serum levels in predicting global outcome in patients with HCC undergoing TACE: Implications for clinical management.

Dose-escalated radiotherapy with helical tomotherapy to spine oligometastasis from intrahepatic malignancies. Background: In many tumor types serum LDH levels proved to represent an indirect marker of ...
Medscape

Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Profile as a Retrospective Indicator of Uterine Preparedness for Labor

Background Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzymes are required for adenosine triphosphate production, with each of five different isoenzymes having varying proficiencies in anaerobic versus aerobic ...