CA-125 reacts with malignant ovarian epithelial cells. The antigen is formalin resistant permitting the detection of ovarian cancer by immunohistochemistry
, although serum assays for this protein are widely used to monitor ovarian cancer. CA-125 also reacts with antigens in seminal vesicle carcinoma and anaplastic lymphoma.
CA-125 reacts with malignant ovarian epithelial cells. The antigen is formalin resistant permitting the detection of ovarian cancer by immunohistochemistry, although serum assays for this protein are widely used to monitor ovarian cancer. CA-125 also reacts with antigens in seminal vesicle carcinoma and anaplastic lymphoma.
