Cytokeratin 19 fragment/carcinoembryonic antigen ratio in pleural effusion is a useful marker for detecting malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Suzuki
Hidekazu
H
Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan. suzukih@ra.opho.jp
Hirashima
Tomonori
T
Kobayashi
Masashi
M
Sasada
Shinji
S
Okamoto
Norio
N
Uehara
Nobuko
N
Tamiya
Motohiro
M
Matsuura
Yuka
Y
Morishita
Naoko
N
Kawase
Ichiro
I
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
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D053539:Keratin-19; C102012:antigen CYFRA21.1