title: [Usefulness of carcinoembryonic antigen in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder].
abstract: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), described by Gold and Freedman, was the first fetal tumor antigen isolated in tumor homogenates. The present study investigated the biological behaviour of CEA in superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, deep localized and disseminated. The study comprised 100 subjects; 30 carefully-selected healthy subjects comprised the first group and 70 patients with a diagnosed transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder comprised the second group. Serum CEA was determined by enzyme immunoassay (CEA, EIA, Roche). Our results suggest that serum CEA determination affords no diagnostic benefit in this type of malignant tumor.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moreno Sierra
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blanco Jimenez
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Maestro de las Casas
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Delgado Marti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hermida Gutierrez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salinas Casado
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Esteban Fuertes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Resel Estévez
mesh_terms: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen
vernacular_title: Utilidad del antígeno carcinoembrionario en los carcinomas vesicales de células transicionales.