CA125 dominated performance for ovarian cancer early detection among four serum biomarkers evaluated in EPIC study prediagnostic serum, rising on average 3 years prior to detection. Adding HE4 provided only marginal improvement. This natural history supports annual testing for early detection and highlights the importance of biomarker discovery complementing CA125. Clin Cancer Res; 22(18); 4542...

OBJECTIVES To report a rare case of ovarian tumor with an unusual presentation; an ovarian pregnancy luteoma with massive ascites and elevated CA125 after ovulation induction therapy. CASE PRESENTATION A 26-year-old pregnant woman complained lower abdominal distension. Ultrasound imaging showed a solid tumor in the right adexna and massive ascites. The blood test showed elevated serum level o...

To select optimal cut-off values of tumor markers in cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis, the concentrations of CEA, CA125, CA153, CA199, CA724, CYFRA21-1, AFP and NSE were determined by means of double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 21 MC patients, 25 cancer patients without leptomeningeal disease (group one) and 45 meningitis patie...

Cancers employ a number of mechanisms to evade host immune responses. Here we report the effects of tumor-shed antigen CA125/MUC16 on suppressing IgG1-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). This evidence stems from prespecified subgroup analysis of a Phase 3 clinical trial testing farletuzumab, a monoclonal antibody to folate receptor alpha, plus standard-of-care carboplatin-...

Objective To identify the unique clinical features and biological markers of lung cancer-associated stroke. Methods We recruited 102 patients with lung cancer plus stroke, 102 with lung cancer, and 102 with stroke. Detailed information was analysed and compared among groups. Results The groups were age-matched. Patients with lung cancer plus stroke showed multiple lesions involving multiple cer...

Some tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) are expressed on inflammatory cells. We previously detected carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA; CD66) in the rheumatoid (RA) synovium. The production of CEA, CA19-9, CA125, and CA15.3, may be increased in patients with RA, scleroderma, lupus, and Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Some of these TAAs contain sialylated carbohydrate motifs and they are involved in tumor-ass...

OBJECTIVE Differentiation between benign and malignant ovarian neoplasms is essential for creating a system for patient referrals. Therefore, the contributions of the tumor markers CA125 and human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) as well as the risk ovarian malignancy algorithm (ROMA) and risk malignancy index (RMI) values were considered individually and in combination to evaluate their utility for ...