Elevation of Serum CEA in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus.

In this study, we used electronic health record data from a single urban cancer center to identify patients from 2004-2018 with anal cancer who have also had a pre-initial treatment CEA measurement. We identified 40 patients who met our eligibility criteria. Of those, 11 (27.5%) had an elevated pretreatment CEA. Elevated CEA was not associated with any of the clinical or demographic covariates; however, three out of five patients with a recurrence had an elevated CEA. PMID: 31319725 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cancer Investigation - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cancer Invest Source Type: research