Postoperative serum carcinoembryonic ant
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Noriyoshi Sawabata; Hajime Maeda; Soichiro Yokota; Shin-ichi Takeda; Masaru Koma
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Elevated serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels are sometimes attributable to the production of CEA by malignant cells, and in turn, the antigen itself can enhance the metastatic potential of malignant cells. The authors speculated that low serum CEA levels might be