Twenty-three (85%) of 27 patients with pancreatic cancer tested for CEA by the method of Gold were positive. The CEA assay was more frequently positive in patients with cancer of the pancreas than were any other diagnostic tests used, including upper gastrointestinal series,g hypotonic duodenography
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) activity in pancreatic juice of patients with pancreatic carcinoma and pancreatitis
โ Scribed by M. P. Sharma; J. A. Gregg; M. S. Loewenstein; R. P. McCabe; N. Zamcheck
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 388 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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