Perioperative Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Ratio Is a Prognostic Indicator in Patients With Stage II Colorectal Cancer

Authors :: Byung-Noe Bae
Inseok Park
Jungbin Kim
Ki Hwan Kim
Jinsun Woo
Hyunjin Cho
Geumhee Gwak
Keun Ho Yang
Source :: Annals of Coloproctology, Annals of Coloproctology, Vol 34, Iss 1, Pp 4-10 (2018)
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: The Korean Society of Coloproctology, 2018.
Abstract: Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the perioperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) ratio could be used as a determinant for adjuvant therapy after curative surgery in stage II colorectal cancer. Methods Data for 119 patients with stage II colorectal cancer who underwent radical surgery between 2010 and 2013 were collected. The perioperative CEA ratio was defined as the postoperative/preoperative serum CEA level, and the patients were grouped according to their perioperative CEA ratios: high ratio (≥0.5) and low ratio (

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