A Review of the Significance in Measuring Preoperative and Postoperative Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) Values in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC)

Conclusions: Although CEA is not a specific biomarker of the disease in MTC, itsmeasurement is useful in assessing the progression of the disease. The embryonic origin of C cells could explain the increased CEA values in MTC.PMID:34208296 | PMC:PMC8230872 | DOI:10.3390/medicina57060609

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - July 2, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ioannis Passos Elisavet Stefanidou Soultana Meditskou-Eythymiadou Maria Mironidou-Tzouveleki Vasiliki Manaki Vasiliki Magra Styliani Laskou Stylianos Mantalovas Stelian Pantea Isaak Kesisoglou Konstantinos Sapalidis Source Type: research