Clinical role of tissue and serum levels of SCCA antigen in hepatocellular carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 579-583

  Giannelli, Gianluigi ^a,b   Marinosci, Felice ^a   Sgarra, Concetta ^a   Lupo, Luigi ^a   Dentico, Pietro ^a   Antonaci, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Serpin; Squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCA)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; SCCA ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERPINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 23244459646     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20847     Document Type: Article

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