Neoplasma Vol.66, No.6, p.1024–1030, 2019
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| Title: The value of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) as a serum tumor marker for accurate bone metastases finding by whole-body bone scintigraphy in lung cancer patients |
| Author: J. WEISSENSTEINER, E. BABUSIKOVA |
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Abstract: The aim of our study was to correlate the serum concentration of human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) in lung cancer patients with the bone metastases detected by whole-body bone scintigraphy. The serum concentrations of HE4 were determined by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ELISA) method in 60 patients with lung cancer and in 10 persons without malignant disease (control group). All participants were examined by whole-body bone scintigraphy with hybrid gamma camera of type BrightView XCT. We found bone metastases in 25.0% of patients by whole-body bone scintigraphy and probable bone metastases in 18.3% of patients. We did not observe bone metastases in 56.7% of patients and in nobody from control group. We observed that 73.33% patients with bone metastases had more than 3 bone metastasis deposits. Patients had significantly increased concentration of HE4 (pts had probable bone metastases. The increasing serum concentrations of human epididymis protein 4 can have importance in the diagnosis of bone metastases in patients with lung cancer, in particular in small-cell lung cancer.
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| Keywords: lung cancer, bone metastasis, human epididymis protein 4, bone scintigraphy |
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Published online: 09-Jul-2019
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| Year: 2019, Volume: 66, Issue: 6 |
Page From: 1024, Page To: 1030 |
doi:10.4149/neo_2018_181212N961
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