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Ascites
New ascites data have been reported by researchers at Dicle University, Medical Department
April 21st, 2009
According to recent research from Diyarbakir, Turkey, "Correlations between tumour markers in ascitic fluid and serum were investigated to determine whether ascitic fluid analysis had any diagnostic advantage over serum in 91 adults with ascites (55 malign; 36 benign). Serum and ascitic fluid were analysed for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cancer antigen (CA) 125, CA19.9, CA72.4, CA15.3, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and cytokeratin-19 fragment (CYFRA)." "The tumour markers were skewed between the groups so were logarithmically transformed. Correlations between serum and ascitic fluid were tested using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Serum and ascitic fluid levels of...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-21)
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