title: [Evaluation of SCC antigen in patients with advanced cervix cancer treated with radiation].
abstract: The TA-4 antigen was isolated and described in 1977 by Kato and Torigoe. The antigen called SCC-squamous cell carcinoma is subfraction TA-4 isolated of liver metastases from cervix uteri. The cut-off limits for SCC-antigen is counted as 1.5-2.5 ng/ml. The level of SCC-antigen was determined in the serum of 41 women with advanced cervix uteri cancer-IIIB and IV FIGO stage. The value of SCC-antigen was evaluated twice: before and after the treatment. The increasing of SCC-level was observed in the serum of 80% women. The conclusion are: There was the lowering of SCC-antigen value in patients after the irradiation. In cases of patients who still had high SCC-antigen level after the treatment and it exceeded 8 ng/ml., progression of cancer also was found. The progression of cancer after the treatment was found in women with pretreatment level of SCC-antigen higher than 30 ng/ml.
authors.affiliation: Wielkopolskiego Centrum Onkologii im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roszak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bratos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Górny
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mackiewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015843:Serpins; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015843:Serpins; C051072:squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen