Serum CEA and CYFRA Levels in ALK-rearranged NSCLC Patients: Correlation With Distant Metastasis

Conclusion: Elevated serum CEA and CYFRA levels seem to provide useful clinical information about presence of bone and liver metastasis and multiple-organ metastases, although they were not a powerful indicator of prognosis. These two markers may suggest the extension of metastasis and would be helpful in considering treatment options.

Source: In Vivo - June 29, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NUMATA, T., ENDO, T., YANAI, H., OTA, K., YAMAMOTO, Y., SHIMIZU, K., YAMADA, H., HAYASHIHARA, K., OKAUCHI, S., SATOH, H., YAMADA, Y., TAMURA, T., SAITO, K., KIKUCHI, N., KURISHIMA, K., ISHIKAWA, H., WATANABE, H., SHIOZAWA, T., HIZAWA, N., FUNAYAMA, Y., HA Tags: Clinical Studies Source Type: research