Elevated Plasma IL-6 Associates with Increased Risk of Advanced Fibrosis and Cholangiocarcinoma in Individuals Infected by Opisthorchis viverrini Full Text
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 06/12/2012
Sripa B et al. – Moreover, authors show that plasma IL–6 is an easily accessible biomarker for the detection of advanced periductal fibrosis and cholangiocarcinoma, which would be a critical advance for this region of Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia, where the prevalence of O. viverrini infection can reach as high as 80% and the incidence of bile duct cancer is the highest in the world.



