Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance of CA 19-9 as Tumour Marker in Pancreatic, Hepatobiliary and Other Gastrointestinal Cancers
Introduction: The CA 19-9 antigen isolated by Koprowski and colleagues in 1979 is a lacto-N-fucopentaose II-like substance and one of the tumour-associated antigens present in serum in the mucin fraction. Close attention has been paid to the role CA 19-9 in the diagnosis of digestive tract tumou...
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/15173/48015_CE[Ra1]_F[IK]_PF1(SC_RK)_PN(KM).pdf |