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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2014; 20(38): 13791-13803
Published online Oct 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13791
Published online Oct 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13791
Table 1 Serum-based tumor markers in gastric cancer
| Biological category | Biomarker (Gene name) | Cutoff level /Expression levels in human GC serum | Clinical significance | Associated tumor types | Ref. |
| Oncofetal antigen | CEA | 5 μg/L | Prognosis | Gastrointestinal cancer | [24,25] |
| GC progression monitoring | Cervix cancer | ||||
| Lung cancer | |||||
| Ovary cancer | |||||
| Breast cancer | |||||
| Urinary tract cancer | |||||
| Glycoprotein antigen | CA19.9 | 37 kU/L | Prognosis | Mainly pancreatic cancer | [26] |
| GC progression | but also colorectal cancer | ||||
| monitoring | other types of gastrointestinal cancer | ||||
| CA72.4 | 6 kU/L | Prognosis | Ovary cancer | [27] | |
| GC progression | Breast cancer | ||||
| monitoring | Colon cancer | ||||
| Pancreatic cancer | |||||
| Cytokeratins | Cyfra21.1 | Variable | Prognosis | Many types of carcinoma | [29] |
| Some types of sarcoma | |||||
| TPA | Variable | Prognosis | Carcinoma | [30] | |
| TPS | Variable | Prognosis | Adult epithelial tumours | [30] | |
| Hormone | Β subunit of hCG | 4 μg/L | Prognosis | Seminoma | [31] |
| Choriocarcinoma | |||||
| Germ cell tumors | |||||
| Choriocarcinoma | |||||
| Islet cell tumor | |||||
| Testicular cancer | |||||
| Cell proliferation | Reg IV | Overexpression | Prognosis | Gastrointestinal malignancies | [33,34] |
| Granulin | Overexpression | Prognosis | Gastrointestinal malignancies | [35,36] | |
| Signaling protein | 14-3-3 protein | Downexpression | Prognosis | Epithelial cancer | [40-42] |
| Lung cancer | |||||
| Breast cancer | |||||
| Bladder cancer | |||||
| Liver cancer | |||||
| Oral cancer | |||||
| Head-and-neck squamous cell cancer | |||||
| DKK-1 | Overexpression | Prognosis | Prostate cancer | [43-49] | |
| Breast cancer | |||||
| Colon cancer | |||||
| Esophageal cancer | |||||
| Lung cancer | |||||
| Multiple myeloma (MM) | |||||
| Inflammatory | SAA | Overexpression | Prognosis | Lung cancer | [50,52,53] |
| Kidney cancer | |||||
| Colon cancer | |||||
| Prostate cancer | |||||
| Liver cancer | |||||
| Cell apoptosis | MG7-Ag | Overexpression | Prognosis | Gastrointestinal cancer | [55,56] |
| Enzyme | PG | Overexpression | Prognosis | Gastrointestinal cancer | [57] |
- Citation: Tsai MM, Wang CS, Tsai CY, Chi HC, Tseng YH, Lin KH. Potential prognostic, diagnostic and therapeutic markers for human gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(38): 13791-13803
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i38/13791.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13791