Occurrence of carcinoma-associated antigen 494 in colorectal cancer tissue and in Patients' sera during metastatic disease.
CA 494 is a new carbohydrate epitope on a high-molecular-weight mucin-type glycoprotein which has been intensively investigated in pancreatic cancer. In this study, the occurrence of CA 494 was characterized in colorectal cancer tissue and in patients' sera during metastatic disease. CA 494 was detected in cancer tissue from 82% of the 49 patients studied. Serum levels of CA 494 were elevated (>40 U/ml) in 66% of the same patients during metastatic disease (n = 41). The well-established tumor markers carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and CA 19-9 were increased (CEA >5 ng/ml; CA 19-9 >37 U/ml) in about 79% of these patients. The correlation of CA 494 with CA 19-9 levels was lower (r = 0.532) than previously reported in pancreatic cancer.
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Department of Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. lindhorst@em.uni-frankfurt.de
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology
D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; C406085:carcinoma-associated antigen 494