Prognosis in Breast Carcinoma Utilizing Plasma Carcinoembryonic Antigen and Histologic Characteristics of the Primary Tumor
| Autor: | Karelia Nh, Bhaduri As, Balar Db, J.M. Bhatavdekar, M.K. Shukla, Shah Ng, N. Ghosh, Devendra D. Patel, Trivedi Sn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry Carcinoma CA 15-3 Breast Neoplasms General Medicine Prognosis medicine.disease Primary tumor Carcinoembryonic Antigen Breast cancer Carcinoembryonic antigen Internal medicine medicine biology.protein Humans Female Neoplasm Metastasis skin and connective tissue diseases Breast carcinoma business |
| Zdroj: | Tumor Biology. 8:233-240 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0380 1010-4283 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000217527 |
| Popis: | Plasma carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) concentrations in 128 patients with breast cancer were measured preoperatively. The data were related to the histologic features of the primary breast carcinoma and to the clinical follow-up data. Analysis of the plasma CEA values did not show a significant correlation with the histologic type and the histologic and nuclear grade of the primary tumor (n = 73) as well as to the presence or absence of keratin, necrosis, desmoplasia, tubule formation and mucin production. Furthermore, the results indicated that high CEA values (more than 10 ng/ml) may be associated with distant metastasis and not with the metastatic spread to lymph nodes. High CEA levels were also associated with reduced survival of the patients. This study confirms our previous report suggesting that high CEA levels are correlated with tumors of endodermal origin, whereas the CEA levels were within the normal range in the tumors of ectodermal origin. In agreement with other studies, however, it was found that the predictive value of plasma CEA concentrations in general is weak, so that the use of CEA measurement for prognosis is of limited value. |
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