A similar trend was seen in the plasma vWF activity levels, where the levels were significantly enhanced in patients with GC (vs. healthy controls: 62% [20-112], P < 0.01) and followed the disease severity (late disease stage: 117% [33-169] and early disease stage: 75% [22-145] vs. healthy controls, P < 0.001) (Figure 1C). Here, VWF is linked to gastric cancer.