title: CA125 and placental alkaline phosphatase as serum tumor markers in epithelial ovarian carcinoma.
abstract: Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) was measured by an immunoradiometric assay using the monoclonal antibody C2 (PLAP-C2). Serum samples of 135 patients with epithelial ovarian cancer were analyzed, and the results were compared with CA125 levels. CA125 and PLAP-C2 were elevated in 85 and 43% of the patients, respectively. Only 1 patient with normal CA125 and evidence of disease at the time of sampling had an elevated PLAP-C2. Fifty-three patients with measurable tumor were followed longitudinally during chemotherapy. Correct correlation with disease evolution was observed in 95% of the patients for CA125 and in 59% for PLAP-C2. The PLAP-C2 assay did not add significantly to the predictive value of CA125 in the diagnosis and follow-up of epithelial ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Olso.
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Vergote
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Abeler
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Børmer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stigbrand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tropé
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nustad
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010920:Placenta / Q000201:enzymology*; D015531:Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay
chemical_list: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; C019839:alkaline phosphatase, placental