NSE (Brahms: TRACE) (Serum (s))

Testcode:	E_NSE
Specimens:	500 µl Serum (s)
Preanalytics/Notes:	Please remove serum immediately after coagulation. Please use tube without separation gel as adsorption to the separation gel is possible. Avoid haemolysis. Please note: results obtained using different methods and/or test manufacturers cannot be compared with one another. The course of tumor markers should always be assessed by the same test.
Method:	TRACE assay
Dimension:	ng/ml
Set-up:	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Duration:	1 day
Indication/Significance:	Small-cell bronchial carcinoma Neuroblastoma, seminoma
Interpretation:	Increased in the case of more… Increased in the case of malignant diseases such as: Small-cell bronchial carcinoma; sensitivity frequently > 80 %. Most reliable tumour marker for the small-cell bronchial carcinoma. Neuroblastoma, seminoma: Sensitivity at 60 % Other malignant diseases, non-small cell and large-cell bronchial carcinoma, apudoma, thyroid carcinoma, renal carcinoma, mammary carcinoma. Increased in the case of benign diseases: Bronchopneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, liver diseases, cerebral diseases. close
Further tests:	Further tumour markers, e.g. CEA

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both sex
	< 12,5 ng/ml	Borderline: 12.5 - 20