Serum fetoprotein and malignancy in children

• Published in: Cancer Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 80 - 83
• Main Authors: Finklestein, Jerry Z., Higgins, Gussie R., Faust, Judy, Karon, Myron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.07.1972
• Subjects: Animals; Child, Preschool; Cross Reactions; Female; Fetal Proteins - analysis; Haplorhini - immunology; Humans; Immune Sera - analysis; Infant; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - blood; Male; Neoplasms - blood; Neuroblastoma - blood; Rhabdomyosarcoma - blood; Teratoma - blood; Testicular Neoplasms - blood

This study was undertaken to determine the incidence of alpha fetoprotein in the sera of 107 children with various malignancies. Seventy‐five of the children had demonstrable tumors while no disease appeared to be present in 32 patients. Serum alpha fetoprotein was detected in seven patients using a...