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GASTRIC CANCER TUMOR MARKERS
Alexandra Gireada, Irina BALESCU and Nicolae BACALBASA
ABSTRACT
Gastric cancer remains an aggressive malignancy responsible for a high number of deaths annually. An important method used in order to determine the response to treatment, follow-up and detection of recurrence in association with imagistic examinations remains laboratory determination of tumor markers. The most common used tumor markers in patients diagnosed with gastric cancer are CA 72-4, CEA, CA 19-9.
Keywords: gastric cancer, CA 72-4, CEA, CA 19-9