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Serum α-Fetoprotein as a Biochemical Marker for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

K. Robert Mclntire, Charles L. Vogel, Gerald L. Princler and Ila R. Patel
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The demonstration of α-fetoprotein (αFP) has proven value in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, but little is known of the dynamics of this protein during the course of the disease. A sensitive, quantitative test has been used to measure αFP serum levels in 90 Ugandan patients with histologically proven hepatocellular carcinoma. By the standard double diffusion immunological test, 71% of the patients were αFP positive. The quantitative values were spread over a wide range from 0.5 to 4000 µg/ml, with a median value of 71 µg/ml.

Forty-one patients (26 before treatment and 15 during chemotherapy) were followed with serial serum αFP determinations. There was a remarkable stability in the level for each patient, which levels showed little fluctuation during the time they were followed, regardless of the initial level. The only consistent change was a slight tendency for the serum αFP to rise as the disease progressed. A striking difference was noted in four patients receiving partial hepatectomy who showed a rapid decline in serum αFP and became negative postoperatively.

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  • ↵1 This work was supported in part by Contract PH 43-67-1343 from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md., and was presented in part at the Second Conference and Workshop on Embryonic and Fetal Antigens in Cancer, Oak Ridge, Tenn., February 14 to 16, 1972.

  • ↵2 To whom reprint requests should be sent.

  • Received April 5, 1972.
  • Accepted June 1, 1972.
  • ©1972 American Association for Cancer Research.
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K. Robert Mclntire, Charles L. Vogel, Gerald L. Princler and Ila R. Patel
Cancer Res September 1 1972 (32) (9) 1941-1946;

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Serum α-Fetoprotein as a Biochemical Marker for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
K. Robert Mclntire, Charles L. Vogel, Gerald L. Princler and Ila R. Patel
Cancer Res September 1 1972 (32) (9) 1941-1946;
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