ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN IN SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH NEOPLASMS OF GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 23  (2) , 179-182
Abstract
Serum .alpha.-fetoprotein was estimated in 61 patients with neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract, 29 healthy controls and 10 pregnant women. Almost half of the patients had increased values of .alpha.-fetoprotein, and no parallelism between .alpha.-fetoprotein and liver metastases was found. Decreased .alpha.-fetoprotein during the postoperative period could be considered a sign of total removal of the tumor, and increased .alpha.-fetoprotein indicated recurrence.

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