Open AccessPrognostic significance of pre- and post-operative tumour markers for patients with gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Jie Lin,
Lin Ji,
Yu-Bin Ma,
JianWei Xie,
Yan Su,
Jia-Bin Wang,
Jun Lü,
QiYue Chen,
Xinfu Ma,
LongLong Cao,
Lin Ma,
RuHong Tu,
ChaoHui Zheng,
Ping Li,
ChangMing Huang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.833
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1532-1827
pISSN - 0007-0920
DOI - 10.1038/s41416-020-0901-z
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoembryonic antigen , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , cohort , confidence interval , cancer , oncology , gastroenterology , survival analysis , surgery
In clinical practice, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 are the most common markers measured before and after surgery for gastric cancer (GC). However, which pre- or post-operative combined tumour markers (CEA and CA19-9) have more prognostic value remains unclear.