Tumor markers used in diagnosis and monitoring of primary bronchopulmonary carcinoma
Mahler, B.
Pneumologia 57(3): 175-177
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 2067-2993 PMID: 18998332 Document Number: 624006
Pulmonary neoplasm is a serious disease, often detected in its final stages. Tumor markers, although not a diagnosis method for pulmonary neoplasms, are useful in monitoring the response to treatment and the relapses, as follows: neuron specific enolase (NSE) increases in micro-cellular neoplasm, Cyfra 21-1 increases in non-micro-cellular neoplasm, while the increase of carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA) is non-specific, as it is high in both primary and secondary lung cancer