Description of a computer program to assess cancer antigen 15.3, carcinoembryonic antigen, and tissue polypeptide antigen information during monitoring of metastatic breast cancer.

Abstract:

:It is time-consuming to process and compare the clinical and marker information registered during monitoring of breast cancer patients. To facilitate the assessment, we developed a computer program for interpreting consecutive measurements. The intraindividual biological variation, the analytical precision profile, the cutoff limit, and the detection limit for each marker are entered and stored in the program. The assessment procedure for marker signals considers the analytical and biological variation of the applied markers. The software package contains a database that can store the interpretation of the measurements as evaluation codes together with patient demographics, information about treatment type, dates for treatment periods, control periods, and evaluation codes for clinical activity of disease. The consecutive concentrations for a patient are imported temporarily into the program from outside sources and presented graphically. Marker concentrations to be compared are selected with the computer mouse and the significance of the difference is calculated by the program. The program has an option for calculating the lead time of marker signals vs clinical information. The program facilitates the monitoring of individual breast cancer patients with tumor marker measurements. It may also be implemented in trials investigating the utility of potential new markers in breast cancer as well as in other malignancies.

journal_name

Clin Chem

journal_title

Clinical chemistry

authors

Sölétormos G,Schiøler V

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1106-13

issue

8 Pt 1

eissn

0009-9147

issn

1530-8561

journal_volume

46

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