Organ specificity of tumor markers and its application for clinical diagnosis
Watanabe, N.
Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine 54(6): 1592-1596
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-1852 PMID: 8691614 Document Number: 460896
Several tumor markers are produced by the limited organ and have the advantage for the determination of the origin. However, many tumor markers are produced by various organs and are not specific to cancer but associated with cancer. therefore, combination assays using different categories of tumor markers are necessary to increase the efficacy of cancer-diagnosis and to determine the origin of tumor.