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Query: EC:3.1.3.5 (
5'-nucleotidase
)
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Sialyltransferase
and
5'-nucleotidase
were measured in the sera of 135 women with breast cancer: 53 undergoing mastectomy for primary cancer and 83 receiving different modalities of palliative therapy for metastatic disease. The objective of this study was to determine whether these enzyme levels were associated with the extent of the disease and whether changes in these enzyme levels could be correlated with success or failure of treatment. Mastectomy caused a rapid fall of elevated enzyme levels to within the normal range in all patients with stage I breast cancer but not in those with stage II or III disease. In women with metastatic disease, elevated enzyme levels fell only in patients responding to treatment. Thus serum sialyltransferase and
5'-nucleotidase
activities are reliable biomarkers of breast cancer activity, and serial measurement of these enzyme activities provides a useful tool for the monitoring of disease activity and success or failure of the treatment.
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PMID:Serum sialyltransferase and 5'-nucleotidase as reliable biomarkers in women with breast cancer. 625 2
