Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)

Japanese: 癌胎児性抗原 - がんたいじせいこうげん(英語表記)carcino emburyonic antigen
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
In many cancer patients, there is an increase in special substances secreted by cancer cells into the blood; these are called tumor markers. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 180,000 to 200,000, is one such substance. It is originally produced during fetal development and exists in extremely small amounts after birth, but cancerous cells secrete large amounts of CEA, making it used in clinical cancer testing. The positive rates are high in colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, biliary tract cancer, and lung cancer.

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Japanese:
多くの癌患者では血中に癌細胞が分泌する特殊な物質が増加するが,これを腫瘍マーカー tumor markerという。癌胎児性抗原もその一つで,分子量 18万~20万の糖蛋白質である。本来は胎児期につくられ,出生後は極微量しか存在しないが,癌化した細胞は癌胎児性抗原を大量に分泌するようになるため,癌の臨床検査に用いられる。陽性率が高いのは結腸・直腸癌,膵臓癌,胆道系癌,肺癌である。

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