PREOPERATIVE CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN AND SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL-CANCER
PREOPERATIVE CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN AND SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL-CANCER
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DOI:
10.1002/bjs.1800710312
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
9.6
通讯作者:
MCARDLE, CS
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作者:
LEWI, H;BLUMGART, LH;MCARDLE, CS
The relationship between pre-operative levels of carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA), resectability of the primary tumour, the extent of tumour spread and subsequent survival was studied in 333 patients with colorectal cancer. Twenty-five per cent of patients undergoing ‘curative’ resection had elevated CEA levels compared with fifty-six per cent of patients receiving palliative treatment. Twenty-five per cent of patients with Dukes B or C tumours had elevated pre-operative CEA levels compared with seventy per cent of patients with stage D disease. In patients undergoing ‘curative’ resection there was no correlation between pre-operative CEA levels and subsequent survival. In patients undergoing palliative resection, elevated pre-operative CEA levels were associated with poor survival. Although pre-operative levels of CEA reflect the extent of the underlying disease process, estimations of pre-operative CEA levels are of limited value in predicting patients with a poor prognosis following curative resection for colorectal carcinoma.