title: [Determination of sialic acid in cancer of the upper aero-digestive tract].
abstract: The determination of serum lipid sialic acid (LSA) in subjects with laryngeal and oral cavity carcinomas demonstrated an important correlation between the presence of carcinoma and tumor marker elevation. 90% of positivity has been found in 60 cases of laryngeal carcinoma; 100%, on the contrary in 19 cases of oral cavity. The authors affirm the importance of LSA as a tumor marker, in particularly in monitoring patients submitted to surgical excision.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012794:Sialic Acids; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
vernacular_title: Le dosage de l'acide sialique (LSA) dans les cancers des voies aéro-digestives supérieures.