Sv. Skvortsov et al., ON THE LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF THE TUMORS OF PANCREATICOBILIARY AREA IN PATIENTS WITH MECHANICAL JAUNDICE, Kliniceskaa medicina, 70(5-6), 1992, pp. 21-23
Blood investigation of tumor markers CA-19-9, carcino-embryonic antige
n and alpha-fetoprotein was performed in patients with mechanical jaun
dice due to tumor involvement of the pancreatobiliary area and a nontu
mor process. It was concluded that the use of CA-19-9-marker and carci
noembryonic antigen provided a successful differential diagnosis betwe
en jaundice resultant from tumor and nontumor diseases. Alpha-fetoprot
ein turned to be of no informative value. Analysis of tumor markers co
ntents in patients with pancreatobiliary tumors demonstrated the usefu
lness of them in the preoperative assessment of surgical intervention
practicability.