Cancer antigen 125

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Cancer antigen 125, abbreviated CA125 and CA-125, is a common immunostain and serum marker of disease. It is also known as mucin 16 and officially abbreviated MUC16.[1][2]

It is elevated in the serum in ovarian cancer and mildly or moderately elevated in endometriosis.

Positive

See also

References

  1. ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 606154
  2. ↑ URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/94025. Accessed on: 3 August 2016.
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