The Role of Biliary Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Related Cellular Adhesion Molecule 6 (CEACAM6) as a Biomarker in Cholangiocarcinoma.

OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study is to determine if CEACAM6 can be detected in the bile of patients with biliary cancer and can serve as a diagnostic biomarker for cholangiocarcinoma. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Distinguishing bile duct carcinoma from other diagnoses is often difficult using endos...

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Main Authors: J Bart Rose, Camilo Correa-Gallego, Yu Li, James Nelson, Adnan Alseidi, W Scott Helton, Peter J Allen, Michael I D'Angelica, Ronald P DeMatteo, Yuman Fong, T Peter Kingham, Kris V Kowdley, William R Jarnagin, Flavio G Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4790932?pdf=render