Open AccessBiliary carcinoembryonic antigen levels in diagnosis of occult hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma
Author(s) -
Jaques Waisberg,
Rogério Tadeu Palma,
Luís Contim Neto,
Lourdes Conceição Martins,
Maurício S. L. Oliveira,
Carlos Alberto Nagashima,
Antônio Cláudio de Godoy,
Fábio Schmidt Goffi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1589
Subject(s) - carcinoembryonic antigen , medicine , gastroenterology , gallbladder , cholecystectomy , carcinoma , colorectal cancer , metastasis , cancer
To prospectively explore the role of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in gallbladder bile in patients with colorectal carcinoma and the morphological and clinical features of neoplasia and the occurrence of hepatic metastases.