Antisera to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), to a physicochemical subset of CEA, namely CEA‐S, and to nonspecific cross‐reacting antigen (NCA) were used for the immunohistochemical localization of these antigens in human bronchogenic carcinomas using a triple layer immunoperoxidase technique. The study is based on an analysis of tumors from 130 patients. CEA, CEA‐S, and NCA were all identified in the membrane and/or cytoplasm of neoplastic cells, and a good correlation between the antigens was observed in a majority of tumors. The presence or absence of these tumor‐associated glycoproteins appeared to be correlated with the histologic type of the tumors, especially in small cell anaplastic carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, and the degree of histologic differentiation of adenocarcinomas correlated positively with these tumor‐associated antigens. Data from this group of patients suggest that analysis of tissue CEA at the time of biopsy or surgical resection may facilitate a more objective interpretation of serial plasma CEA assays.
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