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The prognostic value of serum CA 19-9 for patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma.
BMC cancer - 14 Nov 2016
Sato Yuki, Fujimoto Daichi, Uehara Keiichiro, Shimizu Ryoko, Ito Jiro, Kogo Mariko, Teraoka Shunsuke, Kato Ryoji, Nagata Kazuma, Nakagawa Atsushi, Otsuka Kojiro, Hamakawa Hiroshi, Takahashi Yutaka, Imai Yukihiro, Tomii Keisuke
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the prognostic accuracy of serum CA 19-9 in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed data of 246 patients who were diagnosed at our institute with advanced (stage IIIB or IV) lung adenocarcinoma between March 2006 and December 2012. We excluded patients who received no chemotherapy, or for whom we had no data on pre-treatment tumor...
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