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Pretreatment Plasma IL-6 and YKL-40 and Overall Survival after Surgery for Metastatic Bone Disease of the Extremities
- Michala Skovlund Sørensen,
- Thomas Colding-Rasmussen,
- Peter Frederik Horstmann,
- Klaus Hindsø,
- Christian Dehlendorff,
- Julia Sidenius Johansen and
- Michael Mørk Petersen
Background: Plasma IL-6 and YKL-40 are prognostic biomarkers for OS in patients with different types of solid tumors, but they have not been studied in patients before surgery of metastatic bone disease (MBD) of the extremities. The aim was to evalua...

