Serum levels of angiogenic growth factors in patients with thyroid gland tumors and parathyroid adenoma.
OBJECTIVE: Angiogenic growth factors bFGF and VEGF ensure vascularisation of the growing tumor tissue. We decided to investigate their peripheral serum concentrations in patients with thyroid gland adenoma and papillary carcinoma and with parathyroid adenoma. We wanted to find the possible serum marker of these tumor diseases.