A prospective study of serum tumour markers carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigens 50 and 242, tissue polypeptide antigen and tissue polypeptide specific antigen in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer with special reference to multivariate diagnostic score.

The aim of this study was to assess by a stepwise multivariate discriminant analysis the value of four current serum tumour markers - carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA) 50 and CA 242 and tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) - and a new serum tumour marker, tissue polypeptide speci...

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Main Authors: Pasanen, P. A., Eskelinen, M., Partanen, K., Pikkarainen, P., Penttilä, I., Alhava, E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1994
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1968866/