[Level of lipid-bound sialic acids in blood from brain tumor patients]

Content of lipid-bound sialic acids was studied in blood serum of patients with benign tumors--gliomas, neurinomas, meningiomas, with malignant tumors--gliomas and anaplasia, glioblastomas, sarcoma, as well as of patients with impairment of peripheral nervous system (without any tumors) and of healthy volunteers. Content of lipid-bound sialic acids in blood serum of patients with benign tumors was similar to that of controls, while it was distinctly increased in all the patients with malignant tumors. These results corresponded to literature data, where the patients with non-brain localization of tumors are considered.