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Circulating tumour‐associated antigen detected by the monoclonal antibody HMFG2 in human epithelial ovarian cancer
Author(s) -
Ward B. G.,
Cruickshank D. J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910390107
Subject(s) - monoclonal antibody , antigen , medicine , ovarian cancer , ovarian carcinoma , antibody , stage (stratigraphy) , gastroenterology , cancer antigen , cancer , monoclonal , carcinoma , epithelioma , pathology , immunology , biology , paleontology
A radioimmunometric sandwich assay for the tumour‐associated antigen defined by the monoclonal antibody (MAb) HMFG2, has been used to measure serum levels of the antigen in 76 healthy controls, 38 ovarian carcinoma patients pre‐operatively, 98 patients 2 to 6 weeks after surgery and 36 patients at relapse or in complete remission at 12 months. HMFG2 antigen levels were elevated in 33% of stage‐I and 62% of II‐IV patients pre‐operatively; they reflected bulk of disease post‐surgically and were signficantly higher in patients in relapse than in those who were in complete remission. HMFG2 antigen levels predicted the clinical course of disease in the majority of patients.