Association of perioperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen level and recurrence in low-risk stage IIA colon cancer.
Han-Gil KimSeung Yoon YangYoon Dae HanMin Soo ChoByung Soh MinKang Young LeeNam Kyu KimHyuk HurPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Among patients with low-risk stage IIA colon cancer, recurrence and mortality rates were higher when perioperative serum CEA levels were above a certain level. Therefore, high CEA level should be considered a high-risk feature and adjuvant chemotherapy should be performed.