Serum carcinoembryonic antigen as a prognostic factor in resectable gastric cancer
β Scribed by Mitsuo Tachibana; Yoshinari Takemoto; Yasutomo Nakashima; Shoichi Kinugasa; Tsukasa Kotoh; Dipok Kumar Dhar; Hitoshi Kohno; Naofumi Nagasue
- Book ID
- 114355506
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 187
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-7515
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## ELIAS ALSABTI, MD Radioimmunoassay for serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was performed in 49 colonic cancer patients. The test results were positive in 42 patients (85.7%) in whom tumor was present at the time of assay. Preoperatively, CEA level suggested the extent and the prognosis of the
## Abstract ## Objective We evaluated the prognostic value of the preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level in patients with colon cancer. ## Methods We reviewed 474 patients who underwent potentially curative resection for nonmetastatic colon cancer. Patients were categorized into