Article
Serum fragment of cytokeratin subunit 19 measured by CYFRA 21-1 immunoradiometric assay as a marker of lung cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Jan 1993
Pujol J L, Grenier J, Daurès J P, Daver A, Pujol H, Michel F B
Abstract excerpt
Cytokeratin 19 is a subunit of cytokeratin intermediate filament expressed in simple epithelia and their malignant counterparts. Therefore, it is expressed by respiratory epithelium cells and has been detected in lung cancer specimens. An immunoradiometric assay was used to detect a fragment of t...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Analysis of Variance
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- Carcinoma, Small Cell
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Immunoradiometric Assay
- Keratins
- Lung Neoplasms
- Macromolecular Substances
- Male
- Middle Aged