Biomedical subjects

H Mulder

Publications and source records attributed to H Mulder.

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Is serum beta 2 microglobulin a useful marker in patients with breast cancer?

In a study of 19 patients with breast cancer serum beta 2 microglobulin (beta 2 mu) was evaluated as a tumour marker. Serum beta 2 mu did not correlate with tumour stage, survival time, or histological differentiation grade. Nor did a change of serum beta 2 mu reflect a change of tumour mass. Additionally, serum beta 2 mu lacks specificity and sensitivity, as only 21% of our patients had an increased serum beta 2 mu.

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Ectopic secretion of calcitonin as a tumor marker (review).

The significance of the hormone calcitonin, ectopically produced, is evaluated as a tumour marker. Since 40 percent of an unselected sample of tumours is hypercalcitoninaemic, calcitonin may be useful as a tumour marker, though absence of specificity limits its diagnostic value.

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