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Biliary tract carcinomas are relatively rare,representing less than 1%of cancers.However,their incidence has increased in Japan and in industrialized countries like the USA.Biliary tract tumors have a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate because they are usually detected late in the course of the disease;therapeutic treatment options are often limited and of minimal utility.Recent studies have shown the importance of serum and molecularmarkers in the diagnosis and follow up of biliary tract tumors.This review aims to introduce the main features of the most important serum and molecular markers of biliary tree tumors.Some considerable tumor markers are cancer antigen 125,carbohydrate antigen 19-9,carcinoembryonic antigen,chromogranin A,mucin 1,mucin 5,alpha-fetoprotein,claudins and cytokeratins.
Biliary tract carcinomas are relatively rare, representing less than 1% of cancers. However, their incidence has increased in Japan and in industrialized countries like the USA.Biliary tract tumors have a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate because they are usually detected late in the course of the disease; therapeutic treatment options are often often limited and of minimal utility. Researches have shown shown the importance of serum and molecularmarkers in the diagnosis and follow up of biliary tract tumors. This review aims to introduce the main features of the most important serum and molecular markers of biliary tree tumors. Home significant tumor markers are cancer antigen 125, carbohydrate antigen 19-9, carcinoembryonic antigen, chromogranin A, mucin 1, mucin 5, alpha-fetoprotein, claudins and cytokeratins.