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Elevated serum levels of Dupan-2 in pancreatic cancer patients negative for Lewis blood group phenotype.
British journal of cancer - 1 Nov 1991
Kawa S, Oguchi H, Kobayashi T, Tokoo M, Furuta S, Kanai M, Homma T
Abstract excerpt
CA19-9, a serum marker for pancreatic cancer, gives false-negative results in patients who are negative for the Lewis blood group phenotype. To determine whether other markers may compensate for this drawback, serum levels of CA50, Span-1, sialyl SSEA-1 and Dupan-2 were assayed and compared with those of CA19-9 in 207 normal subjects and in 200 patients with pancreatic carcinoma whose Lewis blood group phenotypes...
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