PurposeTo define the median endometrial thickness (ET) in office gynecology is thought to be important for clinical practice. However, there are few reports about ET that have included the general female population on a large scale. The med…
UNLABELLED: CA125 has been regarded as a marker for hyperplastic conditions, such as endometriosis or infectious peritonitis. A high serum CA125 level should therefore be carefully evaluated clinically. We measured CA125 levels in sera and …
Thirty-four recurrent cases of 89 patients with ovarian cancer treated in our department between 1985 and 1989 were examined for changes in serum CA125 level. 1) Upon confirmation of recurrence, 17 patients were positive for CA125 and 15 we…
The SHIN-3 cell line producing CA125 was established from an ovarian cancer patient. Using the SHIN-3 cell line, we found that the low-molecular-mass antigen (about 50 KDa) might be the main antigenic determinant in CA125-immunoreactive spe…