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Table 3.

Expression profiles of tumour associated carbohydrate antigens on malignant tissues.

Tumour	Tumour associated carbohydrate antigens^*
	sLe^x	Le^x	sLe^a	Le^a	sTn	Tn	TF	Le^y	Globo H	PSA	GD2	GD3	Fucosyl GM1	GM2
B cell lymphoma											X			X
Breast			X		X	X	X	X	X					X
Colon			X		X		X	X						X
Lung	X				x			X	X					X
Melanoma											X	X		X
Neuroblastoma										X	X	X		X
Ovary					X		X	X	X					X
Prostate					X	X	X	X						X
Sarcoma											X	X		X
Small cell lung cancer			X						X	X			X	X
Stomach		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X					X

Antigens present on at least 50% of cancer cells in at least 60% of biopsy specimens based on ^{188, 189})

sLe^X (sialyl Lewis X), sLe^a (sialyl Lewis a), TF (Thomsen-Friedenreich), Le^Y (Lewis Y), Globo H (globohexaosylceramide), PSA (polysialic acid).