Table 3.
The number and frequencies of patients with one, two or three positivities of serum tumor markers including carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA ≥ 3 ng/mL), squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC–Ag ≥ 2 ng/mL), and ferritin (≥250 ng/mL) in 41 patients with oral submucous fibrosis (OSF).
Positivity for serum tumor marker | Patient number (%) |
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OSF patients (n = 41) | |
CEA + SCC-Ag + ferritin | 2 (4.9) |
CEA + SCC-Ag | 2 (4.9) |
CEA + ferritin | 5 (12.2) |
SCC-Ag + ferritin | 0 (0.0) |
CEA only | 7 (17.1) |
SCC-Ag only | 4 (9.8) |
Ferritin only | 15 (36.6) |
none | 6 (14.6) |