Association between pre-operative serum lactate concentrate with tumour cell proliferative index in primary brain tumour.

CONCLUSIONS: Brain tumors with higher rates of cell proliferation have higher plasma lactate levels. In this scenario, lactate concentrations may not only reflect systemic perfusion.
PMID: 31565905 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences - October 1, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: J Neurosurg Sci Source Type: research