title: [Serum levels of beta-seminoprotein (beta-Sm) in patients with breast cancer].
abstract: Serum levels of beta-Sm (a component of human seminal plasma) were measured in patients with breast cancer or mastopathy by RIA method. 9.4 +/- 9.5 ng/ml in control healthy adult women and 11.7 +/- 15.7 ng/ml in 8 patients with mastopathy were observed. Whereas, in 30 patients with breast cancer including 28 pre-operation and 2 recurrence 64.5 +/- 52.3 ng/ml were observed. Especially, high levels of beta-Sm (135.8 and 182.3 ng/ml) in the recurrence were detected. Each case of 8 post-operation was below 50 ng/ml. Fifty-seven percent of patients with breast cancer including pre-operation and recurrence were showed over 50 ng/ml. In histological typing, the beta-Sm levels of papillotubular carcinoma were higher than that of scirrhous carcinoma. In tubular carcinoma, 45% of stage I, 67% of stage II and 100% of stage III, IV and recurrence cases were over 50 ng/ml. The evidence suggests that serum levels of beta-Sm is useful for the diagnosis of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujimasa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuge
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakegawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuge
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002293:Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; C043076:beta-microseminoprotein