title: Cytokeratin 19 fragment/carcinoembryonic antigen ratio in pleural effusion is a useful marker for detecting malignant pleural mesothelioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan. suzukih@ra.opho.jp
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasada
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Nobuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamiya
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawase
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D053539:Keratin-19 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012372:ROC Curve
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D053539:Keratin-19; C102012:antigen CYFRA21.1