ABSTRACT

Tumor markers used in diagnosis and monitoring of primary bronchopulmonary carcinoma

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary neoplasm is a serious disease, often detected in its final stages. Tumor markers, although not a diagnosis method for pulmonary neoplasms, are useful in monitoring the response to treatment and the relapses, as follows: neuron specific enolase (NSE) increases in microcellular neoplasm, Cyfra 21-1 increases in non-microcellular neoplasm, while the increase of carcinoembrionary antigen (CEA) is non-specific, as it is high in both primary and secondary lung cancer

Key words: pulmonary neoplasm, CEA, NSE, Cyfra 21-1