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Review
. 1988 Jul;24(7):1083-91.
doi: 10.1016/0277-5379(88)90113-7.

Tumor markers in non-malignant diseases

Y Touitou  1 , A Bogdan
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Review

Tumor markers in non-malignant diseases

Y Touitou et al. Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol. 1988 Jul.

Abstract

This paper reviews the specificity of tumor markers recently introduced in clinical use, namely CA 19-9, CA 125, CA 15-3, CA 50 and SCC antigen. It appears that a large number of either biological conditions (age, sex, pregnancy, menstruation etc.), intoxication (smoking and alcohol addictions) or various non-malignant diseases do affect the serum levels of tumor markers. These data are of practical use in the interpretation of tumor marker determinations in the follow-up of cancer patients.

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