American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Feb 2016
Observational StudyAssessment of a Combined Panel of Six Serum Tumor Markers for Lung Cancer.
We have previously identified six serum tumor markers (TMs) (carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigen 15.3, squamous cell carcinoma-associated antigen, cytokeratin-19 fragment, neuron-specific enolase, and pro-gastrin-releasing peptide) related to the presence of lung cancer (LC). ⋯ The combined assessment of a panel of six serum TMs is a more accurate marker for LC presence than these same TMs considered individually. The potential of these TMs in the diagnostic and screening settings deserves further research.