evaluation of alterations in the level of the five major electrophoretic fractions of serum proteins ( albumin , alpha 1- , alpha 2- , beta- and gamma-globulin ) in 18 patients with prostatic cancer prior to and following cryoprostatectomy disclosed : ( i ) a progressive increase in the level of alpha 2- and beta-globulin and the incidence of patients possessing statistically significant ( p less than 0.05 ) elevations in these proteins with a progression of the stage of their malignancy ;
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albumin
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proteins