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- Title
An Evaluation of Tissue Polypeptide Antigen (TPA) in the Two Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fractions of Lung Cancer Patients.
- Authors
Prados, Concepción; Álvarez-Sala, Rodolfo; Terreros, Javier Gómez de; Callol, Luis; Río, Francisco García; Carrera, Luis Gómez; Caro, Javier Gómez de Terreros; Álvarez-Sala, Jose Luis; Espinós, Domingo; Villamor, José
- Abstract
Evaluates tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) in the two bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fractions of lung cancer patients. Usefulness of cytokeratins as tumor markers for the follow-up, treatment monitoring and prognosis evaluation of lung cancer; Differences in TPA levels in the two BAL fractions; Assessment of the diagnostic capacity of TPA; Implications of smoking habit in the secretion of tumor markers by the tumor cells.
- Subjects
BRONCHOALVEOLAR lavage; LUNG cancer patients; TUMOR markers
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2000, Vol 30, Issue 5, p215
- ISSN
0368-2811
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jjco/hyd052