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Carcinoembryonic antigen in the bile in patients with pancreatic and biliary cancer. Correlation with cytology and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
- Source :
- Cancer. 50(12)
- Publication Year :
- 1982
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Abstract
- The level of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in the bile of 17 patients with benign pancreatic and biliary diseases and 50 patients with pancreatic and biliary cancer were determined by enzyme immunoassay. The bile specimens were obtained at the time of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. The bile was centrifuged and the supernatant was used for CEA measurement, while the cell pellet was examined cytologically. High CEA values in the bile were significantly more frequent in patients with pancreatic and biliary cancer than in those with benign pancreatic or biliary diseases; increased CEA concentrations in the bile were observed in 76.0% and 60.0%, respectively, of all the patients and of the patients with localized cancer. The location of the cancer had no influence on the bile CEA level, but the CEA levels in the bile tended to be high when the tumor had distant metastases, or when the biliary tract was completely obstructed. Although patients with pancreatic and biliary cancer had a high CEA value in the bile significantly more frequently, bile CEA measurement is not sufficient to distinguish an individual patient with pancreatic or biliary cancer from those with other disease, since the overlap between the values is too great, and therefore, additional examinations are required. Correct diagnosis of malignancy were made by cytological examination alone, by bile CEA assay alone and visual examination of dye in the biliary tract alone in 72.0, 76.0, and 88.0% respectively, of the patients examined, while the combination of these methods raised the diagnostic rate to 100%.
- Subjects :
- Male
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Biliary Tract Diseases
Malignancy
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
Gastroenterology
Diagnosis, Differential
Carcinoembryonic antigen
Cytology
Internal medicine
medicine
Bile
Humans
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Cancer
Pancreatic Diseases
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Biliary Tract Neoplasms
Oncology
Biliary tract
Immunoassay
biology.protein
CA19-9
Female
business
Cholangiography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0008543X
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....19badfaa8176be0c86a3573570c2b4b4