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SUBMITTER: Kulasingam V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3743675 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kulasingam Vathany V Zheng Yingye Y Soosaipillai Antoninus A Leon Antonette E AE Gion Massimo M Diamandis Eleftherios P EP
International journal of cancer 20090701 1
Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM) has been implicated in tumorigenesis. Our goal was to examine the levels of ALCAM, in addition to the classical breast cancer tumor markers carbohydrate antigen 15-3 (CA15-3) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), in serum by quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis in breast cancer patients. The 3 proteins were measured in serum of 100 healthy women, 50 healthy men and 150 breast carcinoma patients. The diagnostic sensitivity a ...[more]