Immunosuppressive acidic protein and CA 125 levels in patients with ovarian cancer

Mauro Castelli; F. Battaglia; G. Scambia; P. Benedetti Panici; G. Ferrandina; A. M. Mileo; S. Mancuso; U. Ferrini

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Immunosuppressive acidic protein and CA 125 levels in patients with ovarian cancer

Mauro Castelli, F. Battaglia, G. Scambia, P. Benedetti Panici, G. Ferrandina, A. M. Mileo, S. Mancuso, U. Ferrini

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Abstract

The serum levels of immunosuppressive acid protein (IAP) and CA 125 were determined in 98 patients with ovarian cancer, in 20 patients with benign ovarian tumors and in a group of normal postmenopausal women as controls. On the basis of the mean values of normal controls (346.46±133.26 µg/ml), the IAP threshold was fixed at 613 µg/ml. Increased IAP levels were found in 70.4% of patients with ovarian cancer, in 25% of benign tumors and in 4.5% of normal women. Elevated levels of CA 125 were observed in 66.6% of cancers, in 40% of benign tumors and in 6.9% of controls. In particular, in early stage ovarian cancer the combined assay of the two markers increased by about 30% with respect to CA 125 alone. The simultaneous determination of IAP and CA 125 allowed an overall sensitivity of 84% without any significant reduction of specificity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-17
Number of pages	5
Journal	Oncology
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000226886
Publication status	Published - 1991

Keywords

CA 125
Immunosuppresive acidic protein
Ovarian cancer

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Cancer Research
Oncology

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