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Evaluation of urinary CA19-9 levels in bladder cancer patients classified according to the combinations of Lewis and Secretor blood group genotypes.
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association - 1 Sept 2007
Nagao Keiji, Itoh Yukio, Fujita Kazuhiko, Fujime Makoto
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OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the clinical significance of urinary CA19-9 levels in bladder cancer patients classified according to various combinations of Lewis (Le) and Secretor (Se) genotypes. METHODS: Urinary CA19-9 and DU-PAN-2 levels were measured as units per mg creatinine (U/mg Cr) in 121 patients with bladder cancer and in 31 patients with other urologic diseases. Genotyping was carried out using...
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