An Evaluation of Tissue Polypeptide Antigen (TPA) in the Two Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fractions of Lung Cancer Patients.

Autor: Prados, Concepción, Álvarez-Sala, Rodolfo, Terreros, Javier Gómez de, Callol, Luis, Río, Francisco García, Carrera, Luis Gómez, Caro, Javier Gómez de Terreros, Álvarez-Sala, Jose Luis, Espinós, Domingo, Villamor, José
Zdroj: Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology; May2000, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p215, 6p
Abstrakt: Evaluates tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) in the two bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fractions of lung cancer patients. Usefulness of cytokeratins as tumor markers for the follow-up, treatment monitoring and prognosis evaluation of lung cancer; Differences in TPA levels in the two BAL fractions; Assessment of the diagnostic capacity of TPA; Implications of smoking habit in the secretion of tumor markers by the tumor cells.
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