Epithelioid sarcomas with elevated serum CA125: Report of two cases

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-144

  Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Hatori, Masahito ^a   Watanabe, Mika ^b   Kokubun, Shoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CA125; Epithelioid sarcoma; Immunohistochemistry; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; IFOSFAMIDE; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; BLOOD; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038519897     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyg030     Document Type: Article

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