Increased serum cancer antigen-125 is a marker for severity of deep endometriosis

Santulli, Pietro; Streuli, Marie Isabelle; Melonio, Isabelle; Marcellin, Louis; M'Baye, Magate; Bititi, Amine; Borghese, Bruno; Lafay Pillet, Marie-Christine; Chapron, Charles

doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2014.10.013

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Increased serum cancer antigen-125 is a marker for severity of deep endometriosis

ContributorsSantulli, Pietro; Streuli, Marie Isabelle; Melonio, Isabelle; Marcellin, Louis; M'Baye, Magate; Bititi, Amine; Borghese, Bruno; Lafay Pillet, Marie-Christine; Chapron, Charles

Published inJournal of minimally invasive gynecology, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 275-284

Publication date2015

Abstract

To determine whether cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels are increased in women with endometriosis, especially in those with endometriomas (OMAs), deep infiltrating lesions (DIE), and superficial endometriosis (SUP) compared with controls without endometriosis in a large cohort of operated women.

Keywords

Adult
Biological Markers/blood
CA-125 Antigen/blood
Cross-Sectional Studies
Endometriosis/blood/pathology/surgery
Female
France
Humans
Middle Aged
Peritoneum/pathology
Severity of Illness Index
Young Adult

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Citation (ISO format)

SANTULLI, Pietro et al. Increased serum cancer antigen-125 is a marker for severity of deep endometriosis. In: Journal of minimally invasive gynecology, 2015, vol. 22, n° 2, p. 275–284. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2014.10.013

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PID : unige:77983
DOI : 10.1016/j.jmig.2014.10.013
PMID : 25446542

Journal ISSN1553-4650

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Increased serum cancer antigen-125 is a marker for severity of deep endometriosis

To determine whether cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels are increased in women with endometriosis, especially in those with endometriomas (OMAs), deep infiltrating lesions (DIE), and superficial endometriosis (SUP) compared with controls without endometriosis in a large cohort of operated women.

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