pancreatic oncofetal antigen

pancreatic oncofetal antigen
(POA) a glycoprotein, mol. wt. 800,000, found in fetal and neoplastic pancreatic tissue but not in that of normal adults; it also occurs at lower levels in the serum of patients with cancer at other sites and some normal adults.

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