The prognostic value of postoperative tumor marker conversion for gastric cancer.

Published in: Korean journal of clinical oncology (2020)

Negative tumor marker conversion after curative gastrectomy strongly predicts a better prognosis. Patients without negative tumor marker conversion and those with positive reconversion after normalization should be carefully monitored because of the high possibility of recurrence.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
prognostic factors
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
patients undergoing
rectal cancer