Clinical usefulness of CA-125 levels in the menstrual discharge in patients with endometriosis

• DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53721-2
• Publication Date: 2016-05-06T21:38:07Z
• Authors: Kentaro Takahashi; Hiroko Nagata; Antoine Abu Musa; Toshihiko Shibukawa; Hiroyuki Yamasaki; Manabu Kitao
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Reference Values; Endometriosis; Humans; Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; Female; Sensitivity and Specificity; Menstruation; Neoplasm Staging

Obtaining CA-125 concentration in menstrual discharge was found to be more sensitive than serum CA-125 levels drawn during menses in endometriosis because of the increased sensitivity demonstrated in the combined Stages I/II