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ArticleDisease markers2018

Are Serum Mac 2-Binding Protein Levels Elevated in Esophageal Cancer? A Control Study of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients.

Ufuk Cobanoglu, Duygu Mergan, Ahmet Cumhur Dülger, Sebahattin Celik, Ozgur Kemik, Fuat Sayir

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Article in Disease markers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ufuk CobanogluDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Van Yuzuncu Yil, Van, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-7043-0418
Duygu MerganDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Training and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey.
Ahmet Cumhur DülgerDepartment of Gastroenterology, Medical Faculty, University of Van Yuzuncu Yil, Van, Turkey.
Sebahattin CelikDepartment of General Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Van Yuzuncu Yil, Van, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-0300-0113
Ozgur KemikDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Medical Faculty, University of Van Yuzuncu Yil, Van, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-4612-1428
Fuat SayirDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Van Yuzuncu Yil, Van, Turkey.
Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi · TRMinistry of Health · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveElevated serum Mac 2-binding protein (M2BP) levels have been observed in some cancers. As far as we know, its importance has not been investigated in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The investigated problem of this study was to evaluate whether there was a difference between ESCC patients and the control group in terms of M2BP. Also, we evaluated the diagnostic performance of serum M2BP alone or in combination with the CEA for patients with ESCC. MATERIAL AND

methodsBlood serum samples were collected from 50 healthy donors and 150 patients with ESCC. M2BP levels of all 200 samples were quantified by ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). Patients who had been diagnosed with ESCC and did not have any other malignancies were enrolled to study.

resultsThe two groups did not significantly differ in terms of age (

conclusionsOur analysis demonstrated that this marker may be associated with the mechanism of the disease. Despite that serum M2BP is not a specific marker for ESCC, it can be used as an adjuvant biomarker for the diagnosis of ESCC.

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AdultAgedAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Squamous CellCase-Control StudiesEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, Tumor

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