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Prevalence of CEA, CA 125, and CA 15-3 serum tumour markers in different regions of Saudi Arabia

Abrar Ashi, Marwan Al-Hajeili, Sarah Almaghrabi, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi, Nora Trabulsi, Shmoukh Alghuraibi, Rawaih Alsiary and Nuha Alrayes
Saudi Medical Journal June 2024, 45 (6) 565-571; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.6.20230878
Abrar Ashi
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Ashi, Almaghrabi, Alrayes), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Regenerative Medicine Unit (Ashi), King Fahd Medical Research Center; from the Center of Innovations in Personalized Medicine (Almaghrabi); from the Department of Medicine (Al-Hajeili); from the Department of Pathology (Al-Maghrabi); from the Department of Surgery (Trabulsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Alsiary), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Research and Development Unit (Alghuraibi), Al Borg Medical Laboratories, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Marwan Al-Hajeili
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Ashi, Almaghrabi, Alrayes), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Regenerative Medicine Unit (Ashi), King Fahd Medical Research Center; from the Center of Innovations in Personalized Medicine (Almaghrabi); from the Department of Medicine (Al-Hajeili); from the Department of Pathology (Al-Maghrabi); from the Department of Surgery (Trabulsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Alsiary), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Research and Development Unit (Alghuraibi), Al Borg Medical Laboratories, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sarah Almaghrabi
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Ashi, Almaghrabi, Alrayes), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Regenerative Medicine Unit (Ashi), King Fahd Medical Research Center; from the Center of Innovations in Personalized Medicine (Almaghrabi); from the Department of Medicine (Al-Hajeili); from the Department of Pathology (Al-Maghrabi); from the Department of Surgery (Trabulsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Alsiary), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Research and Development Unit (Alghuraibi), Al Borg Medical Laboratories, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jaudah Al-Maghrabi
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Ashi, Almaghrabi, Alrayes), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Regenerative Medicine Unit (Ashi), King Fahd Medical Research Center; from the Center of Innovations in Personalized Medicine (Almaghrabi); from the Department of Medicine (Al-Hajeili); from the Department of Pathology (Al-Maghrabi); from the Department of Surgery (Trabulsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Alsiary), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Research and Development Unit (Alghuraibi), Al Borg Medical Laboratories, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nora Trabulsi
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Ashi, Almaghrabi, Alrayes), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Regenerative Medicine Unit (Ashi), King Fahd Medical Research Center; from the Center of Innovations in Personalized Medicine (Almaghrabi); from the Department of Medicine (Al-Hajeili); from the Department of Pathology (Al-Maghrabi); from the Department of Surgery (Trabulsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Alsiary), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Research and Development Unit (Alghuraibi), Al Borg Medical Laboratories, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Shmoukh Alghuraibi
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Ashi, Almaghrabi, Alrayes), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Regenerative Medicine Unit (Ashi), King Fahd Medical Research Center; from the Center of Innovations in Personalized Medicine (Almaghrabi); from the Department of Medicine (Al-Hajeili); from the Department of Pathology (Al-Maghrabi); from the Department of Surgery (Trabulsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Alsiary), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Research and Development Unit (Alghuraibi), Al Borg Medical Laboratories, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rawaih Alsiary
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Ashi, Almaghrabi, Alrayes), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Regenerative Medicine Unit (Ashi), King Fahd Medical Research Center; from the Center of Innovations in Personalized Medicine (Almaghrabi); from the Department of Medicine (Al-Hajeili); from the Department of Pathology (Al-Maghrabi); from the Department of Surgery (Trabulsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Alsiary), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Research and Development Unit (Alghuraibi), Al Borg Medical Laboratories, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nuha Alrayes
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Ashi, Almaghrabi, Alrayes), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Regenerative Medicine Unit (Ashi), King Fahd Medical Research Center; from the Center of Innovations in Personalized Medicine (Almaghrabi); from the Department of Medicine (Al-Hajeili); from the Department of Pathology (Al-Maghrabi); from the Department of Surgery (Trabulsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Alsiary), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Research and Development Unit (Alghuraibi), Al Borg Medical Laboratories, Al Borg Diagnostics, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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