Determination Of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid And Serum Tumor Markers Of Lung Cancer Diagnostic Significance

Inorder to evaluate the clinical diagnosticvalue of tumor marker levels of carbohydrateu;it igeri50 (CA50) and Carc inoembryoii Ic antigen(CEA) and Eerritin (Er) were determined in 24uat ietits with peripheral lung cancer and 20nat ients with benign Pu linonarv diseases(control group) by radioimmunoassay. The resultsshowed that Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)and serum levels of CA5O and CEA and Fr weresigiiificantly higher in lung cancer group than incontrol group (p