title: IMMULITE OM-MA assay: a useful diagnostic tool in patients with benign and malignant ovarian tumors.
abstract: Measurement of CA125 is well established in the diagnosis and follow-up of ovarian cancer. CA125 determination is usually performed with the monoclonal antibodies OC125 and M11. For the IMMULITE OM-MA chemoluminsence assay (DPC Biermann, Bad Nauheim, Germany) the monoclonal antibody OV185 is used. We analysed CA125 serum concentrations of patients with benign and malignant ovarian tumors with the IMMULITE OM-MA assay by defining a cut-off at 90% specificity level. Sera of 130 patients with benign and 119 patients with malignant ovarian tumors at different FIGO stages were analysed. By calculating a cut-off of 46 U/ml, in 87 ovarian cancer patients, elevated CA125 concentrations were detected (78% sensitivity). There were no significant differences between CA125 concentrations of tumors of different histological type. The measurement of CA125 by IMMULITE OM-MA is a simple and sensitive procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. gerhard.gebauer@rzmail.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gebauer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jäger
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic