Is CA19-9 effective in predicting chemotherapeutic response in patients with synchronous liver metastases with colorectal cancer?

作     者：Semra Demirli Atici Erdinc Kamer 

作者机构：Department of General SurgeryUniversity of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospitalİzmir 35180Turkey 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第28卷第4期

页      面：500-501页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Colorectal cancer Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 Liver metastasis of colorectal cancer Synchronous liver metastasis Chemotherapy Metastatic colorectal cancer 

摘      要：Evaluation of response to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients with synchronous liver metastases is important in terms of treatment *** this Letter to the Editor,several issues in the article are *** the comparison of carbohydrate antigen 19-9(CA19-9)values referenced in the study,the patient group was not matched for cancer ***,it may be more appropriate to select and compare CA19-9 values in patients with same-stage cancer.