TY - JOUR AU - Graf, Mirja AU - Sookthai, Disorn AU - Johnson, Theron Scot AU - Schübel, Ruth AU - Maldonado, Sandra González AU - Pletsch-Borba, Laura AU - Katzke, Verena AU - Bugert, Peter AU - Hoffmeister, Michael AU - Kaaks, Rudolf AU - Kühn, Tilman TI - Pre-diagnostic plasma concentrations of Fibrinogen, sGPIIb/IIIa, sP-selectin, sThrombomodulin, Thrombopoietin in relation to cancer risk: Findings from a large prospective study. JO - International journal of cancer VL - 143 IS - 11 SN - 0020-7136 CY - Bognor Regis PB - Wiley-Liss M1 - DKFZ-2018-01927 SP - 2659 - 2667 PY - 2018 AB - While enhanced platelet activation may drive cancer progression and metastases, less is known about its role in early cancer development. Thus, we evaluated whether pre-diagnostic biomarkers of platelet activation and coagulation are related to the risks of common cancers in the prospective EPIC-Heidelberg Study using a case-cohort design. Levels of fibrinogen, soluble glycoprotein (sGP) IIb/IIIa, soluble P-selectin (sP-selectin), soluble thrombomodulin (sTM), and thrombopoietin (TPO) were measured in baseline plasma samples of a random subcohort (n = 2,480) and incident cases of breast (n = 605), prostate (n = 543), and colorectal cancer (n = 249). Multivariable Cox regression models revealed no statistically significant associations between biomarker concentrations and any of the cancer endpoints. Subgroup analyses showed a significant inverse relationship between TPO and colorectal cancer among men, with a hazard ratio (HR, highest vs. lowest quartile) of 0.60 (95 LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:29923180 DO - DOI:10.1002/ijc.31623 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/141421 ER -