An evaluation of CA125 levels in 291 normal postmenopausal and 20 endometrial adenocarcinoma-bearing women before and after surgery

Two hundred ninety-one normal postmenopausal women without hormone replacement therapy were studied for their blood levels of CA125. The levels ranged from 0.1 to 31.8 U/ml (mean±SEM 5.5±0.3 U/ml). Twenty patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma who had preoperative CA125 levels below 50 U/ml were a...

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Published in:Cancer letters 1997-12, Vol.121 (1), p.69-72
Main Authors: Takami, Masashi, Sakamoto, Hideki, Ohtani, Kaori, Takami, Takeshi, Satoh, Kazuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - blood
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Biomarkers, Tumor - blood
CA-125 Antigen - blood
CA125
Endometrial adenocarcinoma
Endometrial Neoplasms - blood
Female
Female genital diseases
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Postmenopausal women
Postmenopause
Postoperative Period
Tumors
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Summary:Two hundred ninety-one normal postmenopausal women without hormone replacement therapy were studied for their blood levels of CA125. The levels ranged from 0.1 to 31.8 U/ml (mean±SEM 5.5±0.3 U/ml). Twenty patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma who had preoperative CA125 levels below 50 U/ml were also studied. The levels of CA125 in the latter group ranged from 2.1 to 43.0 U/ml (17.2±2.3 U/ml) and the difference of the mean value of the two groups was statistically significant ( P
ISSN:0304-3835
1872-7980
DOI:10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00332-7