Association between preoperative plasma CEA levels and the prognosis of gastric cancer following curative resection

Authors :: Yutaka Takahashi
Susumu Kodaira
Hiroaki Nakazato
Junichi Sakamoto
Kikuo Nomoto
T. Hattori
H. Okura
Yasuo Ohashi
S. Maetani
Kiyoshi Inokuchi
Kunio Okajima
Tetsuya Toge
Masayoshi Mai
Satoshi Teramukai
Source :: Surgical Oncology. 5:133-139
Publication Year :: 1996
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1996.
Abstract: A large-scale retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the association between preoperative plasma carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels and the prognosis of 2768 gastric cancer patients who underwent curative gastrectomy between 1983 and 1984 at 66 leading medical institutions in Japan. Postoperative follow-up was at least 5 years. Preoperative plasma CEA levels were also analysed against other prognostic factors. Preoperative plasma CEA levels showed strong correlations to the degree of lymph node metastasis ( P P = 0.004) and the histopathology of the gastric cancer ( P P

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