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Case Reports
. 1981 Mar 1;47(5):926-9.
doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810301)47:5<926::aid-cncr2820470518>3.0.co;2-o.

Primary lung cancer producing alpha-fetoprotein: a case report

R Yasunami, Z Hashimoto, T Ogura, F Hirao, Y Yamamura
Case Reports

Primary lung cancer producing alpha-fetoprotein: a case report

R Yasunami et al. Cancer. .

Abstract

A case of primary lung cancer that produced both alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is presented. Alphafetoprotein in the supernatant of tissue extract from the primary lesion amounted to more than 40 microgram/ml, and its exact origin from tumor tissues was confirmed by the immunofluorescent study. We suppose that since the lung is one of the foregut derivatives it is not unlikely for lung cancer cells to produce AFP as well as CEA.

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