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The serum levels of NCC-ST-439, a monoclonal antibody raised against a human gastric cancer xenograft (ST-439), were determined in 28 patients who had undergone a curative resection of Dukes’ C colorectal carcinoma. The preoperative mean levels of NCC-ST-439 were 14.4 U/ml (range 1.0–280.0) and positive (>7.0 U/ml for women under the age of 49, >4.5 U/ml for women over the age of 50, and ment at any age) in 6 patients. Recurrence of the disease after a curative resection was encountered in 7 patients (serum NCC-ST-439 was positive in 5 and negative in 2 patients). The positive serum NCC-ST-439 was associated with a significantly poorer disease-free survival time (P<0.0001). In patients who had undergone a curative resection of Dukes’ C colorectal cancer, the sensitivity of NCC-ST-439 in the sera for recurrent disease was 71.4% and specificity was 95.2%. The results of a preliminary study suggested NCC-ST-439 to be a novel marker for predicting recurrence after a curative resection of Dukes’ C colorectal carcinoma.
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Matsumoto, K., Kinoshita, T., Ishida, T. et al. Serum levels of NCC-ST-439 in Dukes’ C colorectal cancer patients: A preliminary report. Surg Today 29, 91–92 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482979
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482979