Open AccessRelations of Changes in Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels before and after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and after Surgery to Histologic Response and Outcomes in Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Gota Saito,
Sotaro Sadahiro,
Takashi Ogimi,
Hiroshi Miyakita,
Kazutake Okada,
Akira Tanaka,
Toshiyuki Suzuki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000485511
Subject(s) - carcinoembryonic antigen , medicine , colorectal cancer , gastroenterology , group b , neoadjuvant therapy , pathological , cancer , oncology , breast cancer
The histologic response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) has been intimately related to outcomes in locally advanced rectal cancer. Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels change after nCRT and after surgery as compared with before nCRT.