Chromogranin A is a Useful Marker in Japanese Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

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Introduction: Although Chromogranin A (CgA) is known as a useful marker for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET) in the West, the usefulness of CgA in Japanese patients with pNETs is unclear.

Aim(s): To assess the potential usefulness of CgA for diagnosing pNET in Japan.

Materials and methods: We evaluated the serum CgA level in 189 patients with various pancreatic diseases including with proven pNET (n=69), pancreatic cancer (PC) (n=50), chronic pancreatitis (CP) (n=50), autoimmune pancreatitis (n=20) and 112 healthy subjects (normals) by using a ELISA kit, Chromoa (Cis Bioassays, France).

Conference: 11th Annual ENETSConcerence (2014)

Presenting Author:

Authors: Hijioka M, Ito T, Igarashi H, Ueda K, Fujiyama T,

Keywords: chromogranin A, pNET, Japanese,

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