[Neuron-specific enolase and beta 2-microglobulin in the serum of patients with melanoma].

Both neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and beta 2-microglobulin were detected immunohistologically in malignant melanomas. In addition, serum NSE and beta 2-microglobulin were reported to be elevated in patients with malignant melanoma. The radioimmunoassay results presented did neither reveal any elevation of serum neuron-specific enolase nor of serum beta 2-microglobulin in more than 30 serum samples of patients with malignant melanoma in different tumour stages.