The tumor markers CEA, TPA and CA 19-9 in gastric cancer
Putzki, H.; Reichert, B.; Jablonski, M.; Heymann, H.
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten 48(3-4): 145-148
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-1053 PMID: 3234297 Document Number: 325002
In gastric cancer the tumor markers CEA, TPA and CA 19-9 display relatively low sensitivity, which in relation to a specificity of 90% lies between 20% and 25%. Compared with the simple ESR method, these sensitivities are not remarkably greater. But a combination of parameters based on discriminant analysis achieves distinctly greater sensitivities.