## Abstract Serum fucose determinations were performed on 19 patients with βstableβ or βinactiveβ malignancies, 33 patients with βactiveβ malignancies, and 14 βnormals.β A significant difference in the values between βnormalβ and βstableβ patients and those with βactiveβ cancer is shown. A role for
CEA as a monitor of gastrointestinal malignancy
β Scribed by E. Douglas Holyoke; T. Ming Chu; Gerald P. Murphy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 527 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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