The role of conventional serum tumor marker carbohydrate antigen 72-4 (CA72-4) in
assisting diagnosis, monitoring dynamic progression, and evaluating the prognosis of …

Historically, the screening of patients for signs of oral cancer and precancerous lesions has
relied upon the conventional oral examination. A variety of commercial diagnostic aids and …

CLINICAL SCENARIO You are a medical consultant asked by a surgical colleague to see a
78-year-old woman, now 10 days after abdominal surgery, who has become increasingly …

Oncology indispensably leads us to personalized medicine, which allows an individual
approach to be taken with each patient. Personalized oncology is based on …

Background Mesothelioma is a highly aggressive tumour for which there are no reliable
serum tumour markers. Identification of such a marker would be useful in diagnosis of …

Metastatic carcinoma is the most common malignancy of bone. The clinical presentation of
patients with skeletal metastasis is variable. The orthopedist may be asked to evaluate a …

Pressure-based immunoassays have been studied for point-of-care testing for which
increasing the sensitivity is still a challenge. In this study, we described an enhanced …

Referee: M. Fleisher, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY Tumor markers are
molecules that indicate the presence of malignancy. They are potentially useful in cancer …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of carbohydrate antigen
125 (CA125) in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Background: CA125 is a …

Background: To investigate the clinical value of serum concentration of carcinoembryonic
antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 24-2 (CA24-2), and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19 …