Prognostic and Diagnostic Value of Spontaneous Tumor-Related Antibodies
Joint Authors
Luetkens, Tim
Cao, Yanran
Bokemeyer, Carsten
Kobold, Sebastian
Atanackovic, Djordje
Source
Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-12-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
There is an urgent need for earlier diagnosis of malignancies and more stringent monitoring of relapses after antitumor therapy.
In addition, new prognostic markers are needed for risk stratification and design of individualized cancer therapies.
New diagnostic and prognostic parameters should overcome the impairments of current standards in a cost-effective manner.
Serological approaches measuring spontaneous antibody responses against tumor-associated antigens could be of use as diagnostic and prognostic markers and could also be employed to evaluate response to therapy in cancer patients.
Autoantibodies have been suggested to be of frequent and specific occurrence in patients with malignancies and to correlate with clinical parameters.
Screening the relevant literature on this topic, we suggest that the analysis of single antibody specificities is unlikely to provide sufficient diagnostic and prognostic accuracy.
The combined analysis of autoantibodies targeting different antigens, however, may reach high sensitivity and specificity.
In addition, screening cancer patients for autoantibodies might identify subgroups with high relapse risk and a worse prognosis.
Larger prospective trials should be initiated to identify sets of tumor-associated autoantibodies suited for the use in diagnostic algorithms for cancer detection and followup.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kobold, Sebastian& Luetkens, Tim& Cao, Yanran& Bokemeyer, Carsten& Atanackovic, Djordje. 2010. Prognostic and Diagnostic Value of Spontaneous Tumor-Related Antibodies. Clinical and Developmental Immunology،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kobold, Sebastian…[et al.]. Prognostic and Diagnostic Value of Spontaneous Tumor-Related Antibodies. Clinical and Developmental Immunology No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kobold, Sebastian& Luetkens, Tim& Cao, Yanran& Bokemeyer, Carsten& Atanackovic, Djordje. Prognostic and Diagnostic Value of Spontaneous Tumor-Related Antibodies. Clinical and Developmental Immunology. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-8.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-493347