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Article: Bile carcinoembryonic antigen can be helpful in diagnosing bile duct cancer.
- Article from:
- Clinical Oncology Week
- Article date:
- March 8, 2004
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2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study finds that bile carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is elevated in patients with bile duct cancer.
"It is known that the fluids bathing tumors might contain a higher level of the CEA than those found in the blood. Therefore, we evaluated the role of bile CEA in diagnosing bile duct cancer. One hundred thirty-two patients were prospectively studied," investigators in South Korea report.
"The patients were divided into three groups: the bile duct cancer (n=32), pancreatic cancer (n=16), and benign biliary diseases (n=84) groups. Bile samples were obtained on the next day of the biliary drainage procedures. ...