Is CEA better than CYFRA 21-1 in the monitoring of squamous cell lung cancer progression?

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-

  Lo Russo, Giuseppe ^a   Franchi, Fabrizio ^a   Seminara, Patrizia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19 FRAGMENT;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RELAPSE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KERATIN-19; LUNG NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79251489815     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321277     Document Type: Letter

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