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To the Editor: Xu et al¹ previously reported that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) levels are increased in the plasma of patients with ovarian cancer, and they proposed that LPA may be a useful early marker of ovarian cancer. Other studies have also reported that LPA levels are increased in malignant effusions in patients with cancer,^2-3 particularly of the ovaries.⁴ To assess the utility of LPA as a marker of ovarian cancer, we measured the amount of LPA in plasma from patients with ovarian cancer and from healthy control subjects, as well as LPA levels in fluid from malignant effusions.

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Using liquid chromotography/mass spectroscopy,⁵ we measured plasma concentrations of 5 individual LPA acyl species (LPA 16:0, 18:2, 18:1, 18:0, and 20:4, which comprise more than 90% of total plasma LPA) in 32 patients with ovarian cancer and 32 healthy control subjects (mean [SD] age, 53 [13] and 42 [12] years, respectively). We . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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