Engelsk titel: Tumour markers in epithelial ovarian cancer
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Författare:
Sparholt MH
;
Högdall E
;
Högdall CK
Email: sparholt@stud.ku.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 26
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 09111988
Sammanfattning
In October 2007, the Danish government and regions made an agreement comprising acute treatment of ovarian cancer (OC) patients. The acute OC-package includes the tumour marker cancer antigen 125 (CA125) as an essential factor. This marker is yet not optimal due to too low sensitivity/specificity. There is therefore a need for new or supplementary markers to improve the treatment. As the agreement will be influencing all diagnostic procedures, there is, furthermore, a need for information about OC and tumor markers. In this article we review the literature and illustrate future challenges and opportunities in OC marker diagnostics.