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Significance of measurement of tumor marker in primary breast cancer

Authors :
Tousei, Ohmura
Tomoko, Fujikane
Noriko, Nishikawa
Keisuke, Ohno
Tomomi, Ueki
Hidekazu, Kameshima
Akiko, Yajima
Rika, Fukui
Nobuhiko, Toyoda
Source :
Tumor Research. 42:15-20
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Sapporo Medical University, 2007.

Abstract

We investigated a prognosis in the presence or absence of preoperative marker abnormality for 371 cases with primary breast cancer that we experienced in our department this time. 60 (16%) of 371 cases showed the abnormality of the tumor marker and 25 (41.7%) of 60 patients had a recurrence. The positive rate of the marker was 8.1% in CA 15 3, 6.7% in CEA, 4.1% in NCC ST 439, and each rate of recurrence was 56.7%, 48.0%, 33.3%. Rate of recurrence in the negative cases was 12.7%, 13.9, 15.0% respectively and recognized a significant difference statistically (p

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00414093
Volume :
42
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Tumor Research
Accession number :
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