title: [Haptoglobin in the biological diagnosis of gastric cancer (author's transl)].
abstract: Serum haptoglobin has been determined in a series of 69 patients with metastatic and non-metastatic gastric cancer. In both circumstances a marked increase of haptoglobin levels in comparison to the results in the control group was observed. A significant decrease was noticed in the presence of liver metastasis. Total alpha 2-globulin levels were also high in this patients, but a significant decrease was not observed in cases with liver metastasis. There was no parallelism between the values of haptoglobin and total alpha 2-globulins. The usefulness of these results in the diagnosis and prognosis of gastric cancer is stressed. Radial immunodiffusion using immunoserum anti-haptoglobin 1-1 is the technique of choice.
mesh_terms: D000510:Alpha-Globulins / Q000032:analysis*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000556:secondary; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000097:blood; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000510:Alpha-Globulins; D006242:Haptoglobins
vernacular_title: La haptoglobina en el diagnóstico biológico del cáncer gástrico.