Mammary carcinoma associated antigen, MCAA

Immunohistochemical expression

It is expressed by adenocarcinomas at a wide range of sites:

Breast, ductal carcinoma

67/119¹

Breast, lobular carcinoma

5/10¹

Pulmonary adenocarcinomas

22/35¹

Gastric carcinomas

18/39¹

Colonic carcinoma

6/25¹

Pancreatic carcinoma

14/26¹

Ovarian carcinoma

23/29¹

Renal carcinomas

15/45¹

Diagnostic utility

References

¹Kaufmann, O., T. Deidesheimer, et al. (1996). "Immunohistochemical differentiation of metastatic breast carcinomas from metastatic adenocarcinomas of other common primary sites." Histopathology 29(3): 233-40.

This page last revised 25.9.2004.

Breast, ductal carcinoma	67/119¹
Breast, lobular carcinoma	5/10¹
Pulmonary adenocarcinomas	22/35¹
Gastric carcinomas	18/39¹
Colonic carcinoma	6/25¹
Pancreatic carcinoma	14/26¹
Ovarian carcinoma	23/29¹
Renal carcinomas	15/45¹