title: Clinical evaluation of tumor-associated mucin-type glycoprotein CA 54/61 in ovarian cancers: comparison with CA 125.
abstract: Studies were conducted in 343 women on the clinical utility of the newly developed tumor-associated mucin-type glycoprotein, CA 54/61, as a tumor marker in serum for ovarian cancer. The overall positivity rate of the new marker was 60%, lower than the rate of 88% obtained with CA 125 measured concurrently. Concerning tumor histology, CA 54/61 had a positivity rate of 78% in mucinous adenocarcinoma, compared with 44% with CA 125. There was no correlation between the serum levels of CA 54/61 and CA 125 (r = 0.05). CA 54/61 showed a low rate of positivity in benign disease and only exceeded the cutoff value in one patient with an endometrial cyst, whereas CA 125 had a positivity rate of 60%. The false-positive rates for CA 125 during the first trimester of pregnancy and during menstruation were 57 and 16%, respectively, whereas the rates for CA 54/61 were only 11 and 5%, respectively. Assay of both CA 54/61 and CA 125 increased the success rate in diagnosing ovarian cancer to 95% (38 of 40 patients).
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamada
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood*; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D003560:Cysts / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000097:blood; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C057387:mucinous carcinoma-associated antigen