JOURNAL OF BUON, vol.21, no.4, pp.895-902, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose: Leptin is a highly pleiotropic adipokine. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PA) and leptin relationship is important. Our aim was to investigate the serum levels of leptin in patients with PA, the relationship of leptin with tumor progression and known prognostic parameters and its diagnostic, predictive and prognostic role.