Serum tumor markers and cyst fluid analysis are useful for the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic tumors

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-243

  Sperti, Cosimo ^a,d   Pasquali, Claudio ^a   Guolo, Pietro ^b   Polverosi, Roberta ^b   Liessi, Guido ^c   Pedrazzoli, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile di Montebelluna   (Italy)

^c Castelfranco Hospital   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Busonera   (Italy)

Author keywords

CA 19 9; CA 72 4; cystic neoplasms; cytology; pancreas; pseudocyst; tumor markers

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CA 72-4 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMYLASES; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPASE; MALE; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030038747     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960715)78:2<237::AID-CNCR8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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