Assessment of Asymptomatically Increased CA 19-9 / 대한췌담도학회지
Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract
;
: 114-117, 2017.
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in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-64626
ABSTRACT
Health care screening is becoming more popular in Korea as more people are interested in well-being and health. However, there are controversies regarding usefulness of screening. Tumor markers are frequently measured in the health care screening. As a result, many patients end up visiting physicians because of incidentally found increased levels of tumor markers. Carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 is the single most useful tumor marker for pancreatic cancer. Although CA 19-9 is useful for predicting prognosis and evaluating treatment response for pancreatic cancer, CA 19-9 is less useful for screening of pancreatic cancer because of low incidence of pancreatic cancer.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pancreatic Neoplasms
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Prognosis
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Biomarkers
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Biomarkers, Tumor
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Mass Screening
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Incidence
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CA-19-9 Antigen
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Delivery of Health Care
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Early Detection of Cancer
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Korea
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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