High preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen predicts metastatic recurrence in potentially curative colonic cancer
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum2001Vol. 44(2), pp. 231–235
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Abstract
High preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen levels above 15 ng/ml predicted an increased risk of metastatic recurrence in potentially curative colonic cancer and may indicate undetectable disseminated disease. Preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen levels predict understaging and the possibility of distant recurrence. Such patients may therefore be selected for adjuvant therapy where indicated. Therefore, carcinoembryonic antigen is complementary to conventional Dukes staging for the prediction of recurrence and survival.
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