Application of plasma viscosity to assess the status of cancer patients

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ranade, G.G. | Puniyani, R.R. | Huilgol, N.G. | Khan, M.M.

Affiliations: School of Biomedical Engg, IIT - Powai, Bombay 400 076, India | Head, Radiation Oncology Div, Nanavati Hospital, Vile Parle (W), Bombay 400 057, India

Abstract: Cancer is a disease which leads to different systemic changes particularly observed in blood. Plasma viscosity is one of the ways of evaluating such changes. A study of plasma viscosity in oral cancers indicated the status of the disease. In cancer at advanced stage (stage IV), it showed non-Newtonian behaviour. Very high viscosity of plasma at low shear was seen in the patients having poor prognosis.

Keywords: Cancer, Plasma viscosity, non-Newtonian

DOI: 10.3233/CH-1995-15507

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 755-761, 1995