Presence of elevated carcinoembryonic antigen on absorbent disks applied to nipple area of breast carcinoma patients

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1229-1234

  Imayama, Shuhei ^a,d   Mori, Masaki ^a   Ueo, Hiroaki ^b   Nanbara, Shigeru ^b   Adachi, Yosuke ^a   Mimori, Koshi ^a   Shimozono, Yuji ^c   Hori, Yoshiaki ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurology   (Japan)

^c HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO INC   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

absorbent disk; breast carcinoma; carcinoembryonic antigen; enzyme immunoassay; nipple

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIBODY; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; PYROXYLIN; SORBENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SECRETION; SWEAT GLAND; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABSORPTION; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; COLLODION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; PAPER;

EID: 0029838176     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960915)78:6<1229::AID-CNCR9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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