title: [Pancreatic and biliary tract cancers].
abstract: There are several tumor markers for pancreatic and biliary tract cancers, such as carcinoembryonal antigen, pancreatic enzyme, carbohydrate antigen and tumor associated gene. CA19-9 and SPan-1, which are type I carbohydrate antigens, are especially useful among these tumor markers. Combination assays of these tumor markers improve the positive rate for these cancers. These tumor markers are useful not only in diagnosis but also in assessing the therapeutic efficacy and early detection of recurrence after operation.
authors: First Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Sawada
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Yamada
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Hirakawa
mesh_terms: D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor