Although increased platelet counts were found after tumor resection (Table 1), levels of platelet-derived (CD61-positive) microvesicles and microvesicles derived from activated platelets (CD62P- and CD63-positive) were not significantly altered after tumor resection (Fig. 1), which demonstrates that our findings were not due to blood count alterations. This evidence concerns the gene ITGB3 and neoplasm.