MUCIN-LIKE CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN (MCA) SERUM LEVELS IN BREAST-CANCER - A CRITICAL-APPRAISAL

  • Authors:
    • A DONADEO
    • V LORUSSO
    • G MICELLI
    • M QUARANTA
    • A MUNCIPINTO
    • F SCHITTULLI
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  • Published online on: February 1, 1993     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.2.335
  • Pages: 335-338
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Abstract

MCA serum levels were determined in 196 patients with benign breast disease (BD) and in 371 patients with breast cancer. MCA values were abnormal in 30.6% of the patients with BD. In breast cancer patients, significant increases were only found in metastatic disease (89.1%). MCA levels were not correlated with tumor size; on the contrary, the tumor marker showed a strict relation to axillary lymph node involvement. Moreover, the location of metastases and the number of sites involved seem to increase MCA concentrations. The MCA antigen seems to be a promising tool only for monitoring patients with advanced breast cancer.

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February 1993
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DONADEO A, LORUSSO V, MICELLI G, QUARANTA M, MUNCIPINTO A and SCHITTULLI F: MUCIN-LIKE CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN (MCA) SERUM LEVELS IN BREAST-CANCER - A CRITICAL-APPRAISAL. Int J Oncol 2: 335-338, 1993
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DONADEO, A., LORUSSO, V., MICELLI, G., QUARANTA, M., MUNCIPINTO, A., & SCHITTULLI, F. (1993). MUCIN-LIKE CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN (MCA) SERUM LEVELS IN BREAST-CANCER - A CRITICAL-APPRAISAL. International Journal of Oncology, 2, 335-338. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.2.335
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DONADEO, A., LORUSSO, V., MICELLI, G., QUARANTA, M., MUNCIPINTO, A., SCHITTULLI, F."MUCIN-LIKE CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN (MCA) SERUM LEVELS IN BREAST-CANCER - A CRITICAL-APPRAISAL". International Journal of Oncology 2.2 (1993): 335-338.
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DONADEO, A., LORUSSO, V., MICELLI, G., QUARANTA, M., MUNCIPINTO, A., SCHITTULLI, F."MUCIN-LIKE CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN (MCA) SERUM LEVELS IN BREAST-CANCER - A CRITICAL-APPRAISAL". International Journal of Oncology 2, no. 2 (1993): 335-338. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2.2.335