Issledovaniâ i Praktika v Medicine (Mar 2016)
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOMARKERS IN OVARIAN CANCER, PROSTATE CANCER, COLORECTAL CANCER
Abstract
The review is devoted to modern notions about serum tumor markers and their place in oncology: using for differential diagnosis, in prognosis of course of tumor process, during follow-up, for preclinical detection of disease recurrences, as well as in screening aimed at early detection of malignant neoplasms. Algorithms of using of most informative tumor markers: CA125, HE4 (in ovarian cancer), PSA and its isoforms (in prostate cancer), iFOBT (in colorectal cancer) were described.
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