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Uterine papillary serous carcinoma with high levels of serum carcinoembryonic antigen. Response to combination chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Fukuma Keizo,
Miyamura Shinichi,
Thoya Toshimitsu,
Tanaka Nobuyuki,
Fujisaki Shunichi,
Okamura Hitoshi,
Maeyama Masao
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19870201)59:3<403::aid-cncr2820590308>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - carcinoembryonic antigen , medicine , chemotherapy , ascites , carcinoma , papillary adenocarcinoma , oncology , adenocarcinoma , cancer
A case of metastatic uterine papillary carcinoma with elevated serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is reported. The patient presented with ascites and pleural effusions and with a high level of CEA (258 ng/ml) 3 months after primary surgical resection and postoperative irradiation had been performed. Her complete response, although temporary, to two kinds of combination chemotherapy was evaluated using serial estimations of the serum CEA.