New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1994; 10 (4): 1821-5
in English
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| ID: emr-34277
ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical value of preoperative serum tumor markers CA 15-3 and carcinoembryonic antigen [CEA] in diagnosis of breast cancer. These tumor markers were measured preoperatively in fifty patients. The results of both tumor markers were compared. The CA 15-3 level was above normal [22 U/ml] in 56.5% of the patients with breast cancer. The CEA level was elevated in 10.9% of patients with breast cancer [more than 2 ng/ml]. The CA 15-3 was shown to be significantly positive in premenopausal status reaching 56.3% of premenopausal cases while CEA was insignificant. Both tumor markers were insignificant in postmenopausal status and in relation to tumor T stage and tumor N state. These results indicated that CA 15-3 antigen is significantly a more sensitive marker than CEA for the evaluation of patients with breast cancer
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Mucins
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
New Egypt. J. Med.
Year:
1994
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