A STUDY OF MEASUREMENT OF SERUM IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE ACIDIC PROTEIN LEVELS WITH GERMINAL TESTICULAR CANCERS

Abstract

Immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP) levels were measured in 31 patients with testicular cancers and 77 healthy males as controls.
The mean value of serum IAP in patients with testicular cancer (699±337μg/ml) was statistically higher than those of healthy males (396±86μg/ml) (p<0.001). Elevated serum IAP levels were found in 17 of the 31 patients (54.8%).
As to stages, the mean value of serum IAP in stage II and stage III patients (743±258μg/ml and 980±366μg/ml) was statistically higher than those of stage I (425±110μg/ml) and controls (p<0.001) and there were no significant statistical differences in the ralues between stage I and controls.
Then, there were clear relationship between the IAP levels and the stage of the disease.