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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
Tumor-associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI) and cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) were measured pre- and peroperatively in 183 patients with a pelvic mass to elucidate the value of TATI alone and in combination with CA-125 as a differential diagnostic tool. Malignant tumors were registered in 109 patients (90 ovarian and 19 nonovarian cases), borderline ovarian tumors in 8, and benign tumors in 66 (50 ovarian and 16 nonovarian). The TATI level was increased only in half of the patients with malignant tumors; therefore, the marker cannot be used alone as a preoperative diagnostic tool. In contrast, CA-125 had a sensitivity of 82%, which rose to 91% when the marker was used in combination with TATI. CA-125 and TATI had a combined specificity of 76% and positive and negative predictive values of 87 and 83%, respectively. Our results indicate that TATI measurement substantially improves the preoperative differential diagnostic information obtained with CA-125 and that it does not significantly increase the number of false-positive findings. We recommend the complementary measurement of TATI in patients who have a pelvic mass and a normal CA-125 level.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0090-8258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
170-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Cysts, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Dermoid Cyst, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Fallopian Tube Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Fibroma, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Granulosa Cell Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Radioimmunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Trypsin Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Uterine Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2167279-Wilms Tumor
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor-associated trypsin inhibitor and cancer antigen 125 in pelvic masses.
pubmed:affiliation
Danish Cancer Society, Department of Immunoserology, Aarhus, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article