Abstract:
:We carried out a comparison of three commonly used mucin markers, CA549, CA15.3 and MCA. Serum samples from 184 healthy women and 237 patients with primary breast cancer were evaluated. The markers were measured using commercially available immunometric assays. Like CA15.3 and MCA, CA549 was significantly associated with tumour size and lymph node status, being an effective indicator of tumour bulk. CA549 was significantly correlated with both CA15.3 and MCA. Positive/negative concordance rate was very good (93.7%) between CA549 and MCA. Conversely, CA15.3 was positive and CA549 negative in 20.4% of cases. Axillary status was not significantly different in the latter group of patients and in cases in which CA15.3 and CA549 showed concordant results. From the present findings we draw the following major conclusions: 1. CA549 and MCA are highly correlated and their association should not provide additional information; however, they should not be considered interchangeable since they may behave differently in individual cases. 2. CA549 and CA15.3, although well correlated, are discordant in a significant number of cases. Longitudinal studies are needed to verify the usefulness of the association between the two markers. 3. The three evaluated mucin markers are not interchangeable in individual patients; if a patient is monitored with a marker, she should be followed up with the same marker.
journal_name
Br J Cancerjournal_title
British journal of cancerauthors
Gion M,Plebani M,Mione R,Penzo C,Meo S,Burlina Adoi
10.1038/bjc.1994.136subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-04-01 00:00:00pages
721-5issue
4eissn
0007-0920issn
1532-1827journal_volume
69pub_type
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2013-08-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1990-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1976-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-01-05 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1986-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/bjc.1998.89
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2006-08-07 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-05-28 00:00:00
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-09-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605437
更新日期:2009-12-15 00:00:00
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更新日期:2002-07-29 00:00:00
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1038/bjc.1992.88
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1985-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2009-04-07 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-11-17 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-09-29 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-02-14 00:00:00