Preoperative measurement of serum CA-125 levels: is it useful in the risk assessment of low volume lymph node disease in cervical cancer?

Sniadecki Marcin; Wojtylak Szymon; Wycinka Ewa; Sawicki Sambor; Kobierski Juliusz; Liro Marcin; Wydra Dariusz Grzegorz

doi:10.1515/rrlm-2017-0015

Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine (Apr 2017)

Preoperative measurement of serum CA-125 levels: is it useful in the risk assessment of low volume lymph node disease in cervical cancer?

Sniadecki Marcin,
Wojtylak Szymon,
Wycinka Ewa,
Sawicki Sambor,
Kobierski Juliusz,
Liro Marcin,
Wydra Dariusz Grzegorz

Affiliations

Sniadecki Marcin: Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Wojtylak Szymon: Department of Patomorphology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Wycinka Ewa: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Management, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Sawicki Sambor: Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Kobierski Juliusz: Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Liro Marcin: Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Wydra Dariusz Grzegorz: Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rrlm-2017-0015
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 2
pp. 191 – 201

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BACKGROUND: Elevated serum cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) is observed in some cervical cancers (CCs). Is the correlation of CA-125 with the presence of nodal events useful in predicting early metastasis to the lymph nodes?

Published in Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine

ISSN: 2284-5623 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/RRLM

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