Prognostic value of normal levels of preoperative tumor markers in colorectal cancer

Abstract Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) are widely used tumor markers for colorectal cancer (CRC), but their clinical significance is unknown when the levels of these tumor markers were within the norm...

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Main Authors: Guangming Ren, Ruikai Li, Gaozan Zheng, Kunli Du, Hanjun Dan, Hongze Wu, Xinyu Dou, Lili Duan, Zhenyu Xie, Liaoran Niu, Ye Tian, Jianyong Zheng, Fan Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49832-5