in order to discriminate between malignant and benign effusions , the values of carcinoembryonic antigen ( cea ) , ferritin , beta2-microglobulin ( bmg ) , acid-soluble glycoprotein ( asp ) , tissue polypeptide antigen ( tpa ) , adenosine deaminase ( ada ) , and immunosuppressive acidic protein ( iap ) were measured in the pleural fluid of 54 patients with lung cancer , 20 with malignancies other than lung cancer , 18 with tuberculous pleurisy , and 22 with benign diseases other than tuberculosis .
C0007082
carcinoembryonic antigen
C0017968
glycoprotein