Circulating antinuclear antibodies in patients with pelvic masses are associated with malignancy and decreased survival.

<h4>Background</h4>Circulating autoantibodies occur more frequently in cancer patients than in patients without cancer.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We examined sera from patients referred for pelvic mass symptoms to a tertiary university clinic. A total of 127 were diagnosed...

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Main Authors: Niels H H Heegaard, Mikkel West-Nørager, Julia T Tanassi, Gunnar Houen, Lotte Nedergaard, Claus Høgdall, Estrid Høgdall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22363532/?tool=EBI