Open Access<p>The prognostic value of the postoperative serum CEA levels/preoperative serum CEA levels ratio in colorectal cancer patients with high preoperative serum CEA levels</p>
Author(s) -
Hailun Xie,
Yizhen Gong,
Jiaan Kuang,
Feng Gao,
Shaohui Tang,
Jialiang Gan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s213580
Subject(s) - carcinoembryonic antigen , medicine , gastroenterology , colorectal cancer , receiver operating characteristic , multivariate analysis , stage (stratigraphy) , proportional hazards model , univariate analysis , oncology , cancer , paleontology , biology
This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of the postoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels/preoperative serum CEA levels ratio (CEA ratio) in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with high preoperative serum CEA levels and to identify the optimal prognostic cutoff value.