Plasma von Willebrand factor level as a prognostic indicator of patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma

Figure 1 Plasma vWF levels according to Dukes’ stages of colorectal cancer. Elevated plasma vWF levels were observed in colorectal cancer patients in a stage-dependent manner. (Data are means±SD. ^aP<0.05 vs the control group).

Figure 2 Survival curves according to plasma vWF levels. -○-, vWF≤160% (n=33); -●-, vWF>160% (n = 53). Patients with plasma vWF levels of less than 160% survived significantly longer than those with vWF of more than 160% (P = 0.0043; log-rank test).