SERPING1 and gastric carcinoma: The preoperative concentrations of IgG were lower (P less than 0.002) and the concentrations of C4 and C1-INH higher (P less than 0.01 and P less than 0.001) in 29 patients with recurrence after potentially curative resection of gastric carcinoma, than in 31 patients alive and disease-free 5 years after surgery.