The Use of Human Epididymis 4 and Cancer Antigen 125 Tumor Markers in the Benign or Malignant Differential Diagnosis of Pelvic or Adnexal Masses

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Dolgun Z. N., Kabaca C., Karateke A., Iyibozkurt C., Inan C., Altintas A. S., ...More

BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.34, no.2, pp.156-162, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.0223
  • Journal Name: BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.156-162
  • Keywords: Tumour marker, ovarian cancer, adnexal mass, human epididymis 4, cancer antigen 125, EPITHELIAL OVARIAN-CANCER, HE-4, PROTEIN, CARCINOMA, ALGORITHM, CA125, SYMPTOMS, MULTIPLE, RISK, ROMA
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Ovarian cancer is one of the highest mortality cancers in gynaecology. Discrimination of benign masses from malignant ones may sometimes become a challenge for the clinician since there is not a reliable tumour marker, thus some unnecessary, highly morbid operations can be performed.