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The value of CA 125 measurement before second-look laparotomy in patients with ovarian carcinoma
U Hørding1, K Toftager-Larsen, B Lund
1Finsen Institute, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital, Copenhagen.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Serum CA 125 levels were evaluated in 71 patients undergoing second-look laparotomy for primary epithelial ovarian cancer. With a cut-off limit of 35 U/ml, 17 of 45 patients with residual disease (38%) were CA 125-positive. All of 26 patients with pathological complete response were marker-negative. Second-look laparotomy may be avoided in a select group of patients with elevated CA 125 values.