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. 1987;241(1):43-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF00931440.

Placental protein 10 (PP10) in the serum of patients with trophoblastic and nontrophoblastic gynaecological tumours

A Tiitinen  1 , G N Than, K Iino, H Halila, M Seppälä
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Placental protein 10 (PP10) in the serum of patients with trophoblastic and nontrophoblastic gynaecological tumours

A Tiitinen et al. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 1987.

Abstract

Serum levels of placental protein 10 (PP10) were measured by radioimmunoassay in patients with trophoblastic (n = 23) and non-trophoblastic (n = 122) gynaecological tumours before, during and after treatment. Elevated levels (greater than 2.0 micrograms/l) were found in 96% of patients with an untreated trophoblastic tumour, and in 22%, 20% and 12% of patients with endometrial, cervical and ovarian carcinoma, respectively. After treatment the levels fell in patients with trophoblastic disease. Although PP10 may be tumour-associated in such cases, it is premature to assume any significance for PP10 as a tumour marker in clinical practice, because changes in serum hCG levels are much more informative.

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