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CA 19-9 as a Marker of Survival and a Predictor of Metastization in Cholangiocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Rosa Coelho,
Marco Silva,
Eduardo RodriguesPinto,
Hélder Cardoso,
Susana Lopes,
Pedro Pereira,
Filipe VilasBoas,
João SantosAntunes,
José CostaMaia,
Guilherme Macedo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ge portuguese journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2341-4545
pISSN - 2387-1954
DOI - 10.1159/000452691
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , malignancy , multivariate analysis
Cholangiocarcinoma is the second most frequent primitive liver malignancy and is responsible for 3% of the malignant gastrointestinal neoplasms. The aims of this study were to determine the association of serum levels of CA 19-9 at diagnosis with other clinical data and serum liver function tests and to identify possible factors that influence the survival rates during follow-up.

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