Gastrin(G) concentration in fasting blood, cancer tissues and its adjacent mucosas sampled from fourty-three patients with large intestine carcinoma (LIC) were measured. The results showed fasting G levels in patients with LIC were significantly higher than those in the normal surum controls (Ｐ＜0.05),and dropped to normal value after resection of the cancers. Surum G levels were correlated with cell differentiations of the cancer.The cancer tissues and its adjacent mucosas contained higher levels of G than the normal mucosas (Ｐ＜0.05). The results provided a laboratory evidence that the growth of LIC in vivo were regulated by G and G level might be an indicative parameter for selection of patients with LIC to be treated with hormone therapy and the study of biological character of LIC.
