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| A substance that may be found in high amounts in the blood of patients with certain types of cancer, including ovarian cancer. Cancer antigen 125 levels may also help monitor how well cancer treatments are working or if cancer has come back. Also called CA-125. |
Previous Definitions: | camphor, camptothecin, camptothecin analog, Cancell, cancer | Next Definitions: | cancer cluster, Cancer Information Service, cancer of the adrenal cortex, cancer of unknown primary origin, cancer vaccine |
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