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Comparative Study
. 2000 Oct;54(10):442-7.

Clinical significance of cancer antigen, CA 15.3 in breast cancer

S Muthuswamy  1 , A S Raste
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  • PMID: 11262861
Comparative Study

Clinical significance of cancer antigen, CA 15.3 in breast cancer

S Muthuswamy et al. Indian J Med Sci. 2000 Oct.

Abstract

Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in women. It is commonly accepted that the earlier the detection of the disease, the better the prognosis. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical significance of tumour marker CA 15-3 along with Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in India women population. Tumour marker CA 15-3 concentrations reflected the tumour burden in a better way than CEA. However, the use of CEA as an additional conventional marker improved the Clinical efficiency of the marker CA 15-3.

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