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PTH-related protein and cancer
Author
Nakamura, Yuriko The University of Tokushima
Bando, Hiroshi The University of Tokushima KAKEN Search Researchers
Shintani, Yasumi The University of Tokushima
Yokogoshi, Yutaka The University of Tokushima
Saito, Shiro The University of Tokushima
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
The clinical significance of parathyroid hormone-related protein in humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy was investigated by determining the serum parathyroid hormone-related protein concentrations in 167 normal subjects, 56 patients with hematologic malignancy and 144 patients with solid tumor. Serum parathyroid hormone-related protein was measured with a radioimmunoassay kit that recognizes the C-terminal portion of the molecule. The serum parathyroid hormone-related protein concentrations were 20.2–50.8 pmol/l (mean±2 SD) in normal subjects, and were elevated in 80% of the patients with malignancies with hypercalcemia, including squamous cell carcinoma and adult T cell leukemia. Moreover, two cases of B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with hypercalcemia had high serum parathyroid hormone-related protein concentrations, which varied in parallel with the tumor size during the clinical course. Of 136 patients with solid tumors with normocalcemia, the serum parathyroid hormone-related protein concentration was slightly elevated in only 5.1%, all of whom were at an advanced stage. These data indicate that determination of the serum parathyroid hormone-related protein concentration is useful for differential diagnosis of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy and prediction of its development.
Journal Title
Acta Endocrinologica
ISSN
00015598
NCID
AA00507325
Volume
127
Issue
4
Start Page
324
End Page
330
Published Date
1992-10
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eng
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Medical Sciences