Lens Culinaris Agglutinin-reactive Fraction of Alpha-fetoprotein as a Tumor Marker in a Patient With Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor With Normal Alpha-fetoprotein Level

Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2020 Jun;18(3):e309-e311. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.12.013. Epub 2019 Dec 20.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
² Department of Urology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31926880
DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2019.12.013

No abstract available

Keywords: AFP; AFP-L3; Highly sensitive; NSGCT; Testicular cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
Humans
Male
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / blood
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / drug therapy
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology*
Plant Lectins / chemistry*
Prognosis
Testicular Neoplasms / blood
Testicular Neoplasms / drug therapy
Testicular Neoplasms / pathology*
alpha-Fetoproteins / analysis*
alpha-Fetoproteins / chemistry
alpha-Fetoproteins / classification

Substances

AFP protein, human
Biomarkers, Tumor
Plant Lectins
alpha-Fetoproteins
lentil lectin

Supplementary concepts

Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor