Ca-125 auc increase for predicting epithelial ovarian cancer relapse

• In: Laboratories and Medicines Control Services Section - Poster Session
• At: Salvadore (Brazil) (2006)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: LMCS-P-008
• By: CARAMONA, Margarida (Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal)
• Co-author(s): Mano, António (Coimbra University, COIMBRA, Portugal)
  Falcão, Amílcar (Coimbra University, COIMBRA, Portugal)
  Godinho (Coimbra University, COIMBRA, Portugal)
  Santos (Coimbra University, COIMBRA, Portugal)
  Leitão (Coimbra University, COIMBRA, Portugal)
  Oliveira (Coimbra University, COIMBRA, Portugal)
  
• Abstract:

  Aim: The objective of the present work is to evaluate if increases in the CA-125 normalized in time area under the curve (AUC) can be used to signal ovarian cancer relapse in advance of clinical detection.
  
  Methods: Retrospective clinical information was gathered from 1990 to 2000 regarding to 111 patients with a diagnosis of epithelial ovarian..

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