title: Sialyl Lewis-Xi antigen in patients with gynecologic tumors.
abstract: Sialyl Lewis-Xi antigen was measured by sandwich radioimmunoassay in sera from patients with various gynecologic tumors: 27 uterine myomas, 117 cervical cancers, 46 endometrial cancers, 54 benign ovarian cysts, and 47 ovarian cancers. Among the patients with uterine malignancies, only a few cases showed serum sialyl Lewis-Xi antigen values in excess of the cutoff limit. On the other hand, among the patients with ovarian cancers, serum sialyl Lewis-Xi antigen was elevated significantly in the following order: clinical stage I (44%), stage II (50%), and stage III (62%). The antigen level also correlated with the effect of treatment. However, serum sialyl Lewis-Xi antigen was elevated in 9% of patients with benign ovarian cysts and in 1.4% of normal volunteers. The lack of tumor specificity of sialyl Lewis-Xi antigen limits its diagnostic value for gynecologic malignancies, but serial measurement of this antigen may be useful in evaluating therapy and monitoring patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tanizawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000032:analysis*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007983:Lewis Blood Group Antigens; D008875:Middle Aged; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D007983:Lewis Blood Group Antigens