CEA levels in serum and BAL in patients suffering from lung cancer: Correlation with individuals presenting benign lung lesions and healthy volunteers

Medical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-225

  Charalabopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Karakosta, Agathi ^a   Bablekos, George ^b   Golias, Christos ^a   Charalabopoulos, Alexandros ^c   Tsanou, Eleni ^a   Peschos, Dimitrios ^a   Zoganas, Leonidas ^b   Batistatou, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Bronchoscopy; Carcinoembryonic antigen; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 36249014289     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02698043     Document Type: Article

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