Research Article

Serum Levels of S100A11 and MMP-9 in Patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer and Their Clinical Significance

Table 1

Expression levels of S100A11 and MMP-9 in the serum of each group.

GroupNo. of patientsS100A11 (ng/mL)MMP-9 (ng/mL)

Healthy control group255.02(1.54-7.19)89.63(7.28-209.47)
Benign group308.41 (5.12-14.85)122.95 (54.99-256.26)
Malignant group11114.54 (4.46-38.86)189.71 (35.21-688.99)

The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare different groups: the serum levels of S100A11 in malignant group compared with control group and benign group, ; the serum levels of MMP-9 in malignant group compared with control group and benign group, .