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Diagnostic value of CYFRA 21-1 and carcinoembryonic antigen in diagnosis of operable lung cancer from benign lung disease
Author(s) -
Feng Chen,
Jia Li,
Xin Qi,
Jun Qi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.174180
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoembryonic antigen , lung cancer , lung , pathology , cancer , tumor marker , gastroenterology , oncology , radiology
Lung cancer is sometimes difficult to differentiate from benign lung diseases with nodular shadow in imaging scan. In these cases, exploratory operation is needed for the patients with highly suspected malignant disease. Therefore, there is an urgent demand to differentiate the benign lung disease from malignant lung nodules rather than invasive method.