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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Background This study aimed to investigate the association between baseline serum tumor markers (STMs) (carcinoembryonic antigen [CEA], neuron-specific enolase [NSE], cytokeratin-19 fragment [CYFRA21-1], carbohydrate antigen 19–9 [CA19-9], and ...
Jian Huang +11 more
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Metastatic recurrence in a pancreatic cancer patient derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) nude mouse model is inhibited by neoadjuvant chemotherapy in combination with fluorescence-guided surgery with an anti-CA 19-9-conjugated fluorophore. [PDF]
The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with gemcitabine (GEM) in combination with fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) on a pancreatic cancer patient derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model.
Bouvet, Michael +14 more
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This study aimed to explore the value of color Doppler ultrasonography combined with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) in differential diagnosis of gastric stromal tumor (GST) and gastric cancer (GC).
Cheng Xinyu +3 more
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There is no validated clinical biomarker for disease severity or treatment response for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD). We investigated the correlation between elevated serum carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 levels and NTM-PD ...
Kangjoon Kim +12 more
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Targeted therapy of advanced gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma with aggressive biology: eliciting early response signals from phase 1 trials. [PDF]
PurposePatients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma (CC) and gallbladder carcinoma (GC) have few therapeutic options for relapsed disease. methods: Given the overall poor prognosis in this population and the availability of novel targeted therapies, we ...
Falchook, Gerald S +14 more
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Tumor marker elevations in chronic kidney disease: a retrospective study [PDF]
Aim To investigate the changes in tumor markers such as carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), carbohydrate antigen 153 (CA15-3), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), carbohydrate antigen 72-4 (CA72-4), pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (proGRP), and human ...
Liuxia You +4 more
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Low-Dose Continuous 5-Fluorouracil Combined with Leucovorin, nab-Paclitaxel, Oxaliplatin, and Bevacizumab for Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis. [PDF]
BackgroundContinuous-infusion 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and calcium leucovorin plus nab-paclitaxel and oxaliplatin have been shown to be active in patients with pancreatic cancer.
Bedford, Rudolph +7 more
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The patient was a 65-year-old woman who was admitted with an abdominal mass. CT-scans showed a huge liver cyst that was homogeneous except for one part of the wall which was calfified. Ultrasonograms showed an irregular floating structure in the cyst. Inferior vena cava (IVC) angiograms showed that the IVC was compressed by the cyst and that collateral
Hiromu TANAKA +9 more
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Two Cases of the Same Family with the Unusual Elevation of CA19-9 Levels
Introduction: Serum carbohydrate associated antigen (CA19-9) is widely used marker in clinical practice and shows small increases in a few benign diseases.
Metin Uyanik +5 more
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