Carbohydrate antigen elevated in patients with tumors of the breast, ovary, lung, and prostate as well as other disorders. The mucin is expressed normally by most glandular epithelia but shows particularly increased expression in the breast at lactation and in malignancy. It is thus an established serum marker for breast cancer.
Also Known As:
CA 15-3 Antigen; Epithelial Membrane Antigen; Antigens, CD227; CA 15.3 Antigen; CD227 Antigen; Antigen CA 15 3; Antigen, CA 15-3; Antigen, CA 15.3; Antigen, CA-15-3; Antigen, CD227; Antigen, Epithelial Membrane; CA 15 3 Antigen; CA-15-3, Antigen; CD227 Antigens; Membrane Antigen, Epithelial; Mucin 1; Mucin, Muc1; Mucin, Polymorphic Epithelial; Antigen CA-15-3; CA-15-3 Antigen; Episialin; Epithelial Mucin, Polymorphic; Muc1 Mucin; Polymorphic Epithelial Mucin