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

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?

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sniadecki Marcin, Wojtylak Szymon, Wycinka Ewa, Sawicki Sambor, Kobierski Juliusz, Liro Marcin, Wydra Dariusz Grzegorz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-04-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/rrlm-2017-0015