Development and application of an "IR-spectrophotometer-minicomputer" system for determination of steroid hormones in patients with malignant neoplasms
Sidorik, E.P.; Nikishina, N.G.; Pershko, N.I.; Kas'ianenko, I.V.; Skripets, I.A.
Voprosy Onkologii 33(3): 67-70
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 3564374 Document Number: 289022
An automated IR-spectrophotometer-mini-computer system was designed for assay of steroid hormone level. Its application obviates a clinical analysis of urine. The ratio of 17-ketogenic steroids to androsterone was found to be significantly higher in patients with lung cancer than in healthy controls. The system may be used for identification of groups at high risk both during screenings and in oncological clinic.