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SCGB2A1
HGNC:7051 11q13
Monday 5 December 2011
The human mammaglobin (hMAM) may be expressed in malignant pleural effusions (PEs).
hMAM RT-PCR may provide information both in the diagnosis of PE and in the search for the primary site of neoplasia, either in male or female patients.
References
Diagnosis and origin determination of malignant pleural effusions through the use of the breast cancer marker human mammaglobin. Roncella S, Ferro P, Franceschini MC, Bacigalupo B, Dessanti P, Sivori M, Carletti AM, Fontana V, Canessa PA, Pistillo MP, Fedeli F. Diagn Mol Pathol. 2010 Jun;19(2):92-8. PMID: 20502186