Concepedia

Serum alpha-feto-protein. IV. Effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on serum alpha-feto-protein levels in cases of primary liver cancer.

Purves Lr, I Bersohn, Geddes Ew, Geoffrey Falkson, Laurie E. Cohen

PubMed · 1970 · 12 citations · 0 references

Concepts

MedicineOncologyRadiation OncologyChemotherapyHepatic PathologyHepatocellular CarcinomaLiver CancerLiver DiseaseLiver Function TestsTumor MarkersAlpha-fetoprotein BiomarkerHepatocellular Carcinoma RadiotherapyLiver Tumor TherapyPrimary Liver CancerPrimary Liver TumorsSerum Tumor Markers

Abstract

Serum AFP levels in primary cancer of the liver are occasionally affected by therapy and have always fallen when a cIearcut clinical response was obtained.