BACKGROUND A decline in serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) levels during systemic chemotherapy is considered as a prognostic marker for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been extensively studied as a
K. Shin +5 more
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Reactivity of CA19-9 and CA125 in Histological Subtypes of Epithelial Ovarian Tumors and Ovarian Endometriosis [PDF]
Previous reports have shown that some ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinomas and ovarian clear cell adenocarcinomas derive from ovarian endometriosis (OE), and that endocervical-like mucinous borderline ovarian tumors are associated with OE.
Hasegawa, Masaaki +8 more
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Relationship between serum calcium and CA 19-9 levels in colorectal cancer [PDF]
AIM: To examine the calcium metabolism of colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with colorectal cancer and control patients. METHODS: Seventy newly diagnosed CRC patients were included.
Fuszek, Péter +8 more
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Identification of a serum biomarker panel for the differential diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma and primary sclerosing cholagnitis [PDF]
The non-invasive differentiation of malignant and benign biliary disease is a clinical challenge. Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein (LRG1), interleukin 6 (IL6), pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA21.1)
Blyuss, O +9 more
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Background Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 have been proposed as useful preoperative biomarkers of extrahepatic bile duct cancer (EBDC).
H. Kim +8 more
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Autoimmune pancreatitis associated with a pancreatic pseudocyst treated by distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy: case report [PDF]
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a unique type of chronic pancreatitis, which is rarely associated with pseudocyst. A 48-year-old lady was admitted to our department with a rapidly growing cystic mass in the pancreatic tail with an elevated concentration of ...
Shu-Sen Zheng +3 more
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First-line erlotinib and fixed dose-rate gemcitabine for advanced pancreatic cancer [PDF]
AIM: To investigate activity, toxicity, and prognostic factors for survival of erlotinib and fixed dose-rate gemcitabine (FDR-Gem) in advanced pancreatic cancer.
Bria, E. +9 more
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Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have attracted considerable attention in detection of biological analytes and bioimaging owing to their superior optical properties, including high photochemical stability, sharp emission bandwidth ...
Chaohui Zhou +3 more
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Combined Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CCA): A Rare Case of Biphenotypic Primary Liver Carcinoma in a Post-Hemicolectomy Patient [PDF]
Combined Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CCA) is a rare primary liver malignancy characterised by the presence of both hepatocytic and biliary epithelial differentiation within the same tumour and is associated with a poorer prognosis compared to
Devika Venugopal, Veena Raja
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Glycotope structures and intramolecular affinity factors of plant lectins for Tn/T antigens [PDF]
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