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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Plasma levels of calcium, phosphorus, immunoreactive calcitonin (iCT), immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (iPTH), and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were measured in patients affected by tumors of various organs: 22 breast, 41 lung, 23 kidney, 16 gastrointestinal tract, and 8 other types, iCT plasma level was elevated in 53.6% of patients with bronchogenic cancer, in 31.8% with breast cancer, in 65.3% with renal cancer, in 31.2% with gastrointestinal cancer, and in 62.5% with other tumors. Blood calcium level was increased in 6 patients suffering from lung cancer; iCT plasma level was increased in all but one of these subjects. iPTH plasma level, measured in 35 patients, was elevated only in one case, in which normo-calcemia was present. Our results demonstrate that plasma iCT is increased in a high percentage of cancer patients and that it is probably a good tumor marker. The simultaneous measurement of CEA increases the diagnostic probability of the individual marker. The incidence of laboratory findings suggestive of primary or ectopic hyperparathyroidism was very low in our series of patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0300-8916
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
227-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-12-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasma calcitonin and tumors.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article