Elevated CEA with negative PET scan on surveillance of colorectal cancers-a role of CEA kinetics.

Anand Ebin ThomasMufaddal KaziSanket BankarSmruti MokalArchi AgarwalVentakesh RangarajanAshwin DesouzaAvanish P Saklani

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2021)

The discriminatory value of CEA kinetics was more than that of a single absolute value. An algorithm for managing these patients based on clinical risk factors, absolute CEA value, and its kinetics is suggested.

Keyphrases

risk factors
end stage renal disease
computed tomography
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
machine learning
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
aqueous solution
pet ct
young adults
neural network
contrast enhanced