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Clinical Significance of Urinary CEA Measurement as a Screening Test of Bladder Cancer
- Source :
- RADIOISOTOPES. 28:367-370
- Publication Year :
- 1979
- Publisher :
- Japan Radioisotope Association, 1979.
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Abstract
- Non-infected urine samples of twenty six preoperative bladder cancers were examined by urinary CEA radioimmunoassay and exfoliative cytology. There were 65% of urinary CEA positivity and 58% of cytological positivity (class III, IV, V). CEA measurements were positive in 8 of 11 negative cytology cases (class I and II). Exfoliative cytological examination failed to detect most of well differentiated transitional cell carcinomas, while urinary CEA study detected 4 of 6 such cases. Combination of both urinary CEA measurement and cytology resulted in 85% of positivity. Therefore we recommend routine use of this combination as a screening system of bladder cancer.
Details
- ISSN :
- 18844111 and 00338303
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- RADIOISOTOPES
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0a36d6ee10edf69c6e42973a6e4720c8