title: Specificity of carcinoembryonic antigen, gastrointestinal cancer-associated antigen, tissue polypeptide antigen, fibrinopeptide A and gamma-glutamyltransferase in the diagnosis and follow-up of gastric cancer.
abstract: The usefulness and specificity of the main tumor markers (carcinoembryonic antigen, CEA; gastrointestinal cancer-associated antigen, GICA; tissue polypeptide antigen, TPA; fibrinopeptide A, FpA; gamma-glutamyltransferase, gamma-GT) have been investigated in the diagnosis and follow-up of the circumscribed and disseminated gastric cancers (GCs). The comprehensive evaluation of all of these markers has given the most reliable results. For the diagnosis and follow-up of GCs, the present study has shown that the sensitivity and specificity of the above markers have the following decreasing order: FpA, TPA, GICA, CEA, gamma-GT. However gamma-GT has proved to be a reliable index of the presence of hepatic metastases.
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000032:analysis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood; D010455:Peptides / Q000097:blood*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D019396:Tissue Polypeptide Antigen; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D019396:Tissue Polypeptide Antigen; C026893:fibrinogen peptide 6A; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase