Open AccessTissue polypeptide antigen & interleukin-6: Are their serum levels a predictor for response to chemotherapy in breast cancer?
Author(s) -
Wahda B. Al-Youzbaki,
Niaam Basheer Al-Youzbaki,
Muwaffaq Mezeil Telfah
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.305.5199
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , chemotherapy , cancer , oncology , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer antigen , disease , gastroenterology , paleontology , biology
To compare the serum level of tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in women with breast cancer at various stages of the disease and to consider the usefulness of these tumor markers in evaluating the response to chemotherapy.