NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE (NSE) IN SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER - A TUMOR-MARKER OF PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE

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作者
HARDING, M
MCALLISTER, J
HULKS, G
VERNON, D
MONIE, R
PAUL, J
KAYE, SB
机构
[1] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT MED ONCOL, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND
[2] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT BIOCHEM, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND
[3] WESTERN INFIRM & ASSOCIATED HOSP, DEPT RESP MED, GLASGOW G11 6NT, SCOTLAND
[4] VICTORIA INFIRM, GLASGOW G42 9TY, SCOTLAND
[5] SO GEN HOSP, GLASGOW G51 4TF, SCOTLAND
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10.1038/bjc.1990.134
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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摘要
Pretreatment serum levels of neurone specific enolase (NSE) were measured in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Median values were significantly higher in patients with extensive compared with limited stage disease (48 ng ml-1 v. 17 ng ml-1: P<0. 001). Serial NSE levels paralleled the clinical response to treatment. In 37 patients with limited SCLC, receiving identical chemotherapy, the pretreatment NSE level was of prognostic significance: with an approximate reduction in median survival of 10% for each 5 ng ml1־incremental rise in NSE (P = 0. 004). © Macmillan Press Ltd., 1990.
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