title: Detection of tumor associated antigen, PA8-15, in sera from pancreatic and gastrointestinal carcinoma patients.
abstract: A sandwich enzyme immunoassay was set up to measure tumor associated antigen (antigen PA8-15) detected by monoclonal antibody PA8-15. The cut-off value was set at 55 U/ml. Tests on 437 sera samples from patients with malignant or benign diseases yielded the following positive percentages: esophageal cancer, 9.1%; gastric cancer, 23.1%; colorectal cancer, 44.8%; hepatoma, 32.6%; biliary tract cancer, 47.5%; pancreatic cancer, 84%; lung cancer, 30.8%; breast cancer, 16%; benign diseases, 13.2%. Positive antigen PA8-15 levels in patients with gastric, colorectal and pancreatic cancers, increased with the progression of clinical stage. When antigen PA8-15 was monitored in 11 various cancer cases before and after surgery, a decrease in PA8-15 value was revealed in all resected patients postoperatively, whereas a more than 100% increase in PA8-15 values was noted in non-resected patients. Compared with CEA and CA19-9, the highest positive PA8-15 rate was seen in pancreatic cancer patients. By combining the rates of positive sera obtained with each tumor marker, the overall percentage increased. These results suggest that measuring serum PA8-15 levels will aid in serological cancer diagnoses, particularly pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Kumamoto University Medical School.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akagi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D007075:Immunoglobulin M