Intensive post-operative follow-up of breast cancer patients with tumour markers: CEA, TPA or CA15.3 vs MCA and MCA-CA15.3 vs CEA-TPA-CA15.3 panel in the early detection of distant metastases

Intensive post-operative follow-up of breast cancer patients with tumour markers: CEA, TPA or CA15.3 vs MCA and MCA-CA15.3 vs CEA-TPA-CA15.3 panel in the early detection of distant metastases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In breast cancer current guidelines do not recommend the routine use of serum tumour markers. Differently, we observed that CEA-TPA-CA15.3 (carcinoembryonic (CEA) tissue polypeptide (TPA) and cancer associated 115D8/DF3 (CA15.3) anti...

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Main Authors: Anselmi Loretta, Ferrari Paola, Metelli Maria, Carpi Angelo, Tartarelli Gianna, Nicolini Andrea, Conte Massimo, Berti Piero, Miccoli Paolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/6/269

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