THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TREATMENT AND PROGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF TISSUE POLYPEPTIDE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

To investigate the value of tissue polypeptide specific antigen(TPS) in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the serum levels of TPS and alfa fetoprotein (AFP) were measured by TPS TM ELISA and enzyme immunoassay respectively in 96 patients with HCC, 30 patients with cirrhosis, 20 patients with hepatitis and 20 healthy controls.The diagnostic sensitivity of TPS and AFP is 89 6% and 73 0% respectively.There is a significant difference between them ( P