Independent prognostic impact of preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen and cancer antigen 15-3 levels for early breast cancer subtypes.

Michiko ImamuraTakashi MorimotoTakashi NomuraShintaro MichishitaArisa NishimukaiTomoko HiguchiYukie FujimotoYoshimasa MiyagawaAyako KiraKeiko MuraseKazuhiro ArakiYuichi TakatsukaKoshi OhYoshikazu MasaiKouhei AkazawaYasuo Miyoshi

Published in: World journal of surgical oncology (2018)

These findings suggest that CEA and CA15-3 levels might be useful for predicting the prognosis of patients with operable early breast cancer irrespective of the subtype. Serum levels at baseline may reflect tumor characteristics for metastatic potential even when these levels are within the normal ranges.

Keyphrases

early breast cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
patients undergoing
papillary thyroid
squamous cell