Carcinoembryonic antigen in the diagnosis,treatment,and follow-up of focal liver lesions
作者机构：Department of Surgeryİzmir Katip Celebi UniversitySchool of Medicineİzmir 35150Turkey Department of PatologyMerzifon KMP State HospitalAmasya 5300Turkey Department of RadiologySuluova State HospitalAmasya 5500Turkey
出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery》 (世界胃肠外科杂志（英文版）（电子版）)
年 卷 期：2024年第16卷第4期
页 面：999-1007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：Carcinoembriyonic antigen Liver Focal liver lesions Metastasis Surgery Prognosis Surveillance
摘 要：In this editorial review,we comment on the article published in the recent issue of the World Journal of Gastrointestinal *** antigen(CEA)is a fetal glycoprotein and can be secreted in very small amounts from healthy adults after *** is widely used not only for diagnostic tumor markers but also importantly for the management of some gastrointestinal *** most common clinical use is surveillance for the monitoring of colorectal ***,CEA can become elevated in several malign or benign characterized *** CEA level may vary depending on the location of the lesion,whether it metastasizes or not,and its histopathological *** has been determined that cases with high preoperative CEA have a more aggressive course and the risk of metastasis to the lymph tissue and liver *** this editorial review,we focused on evaluating the role of CEA in clinical practice with a holistic approach,including the diagnostic and prognostic significance of CEA in patients with focal liver lesions,the role of CEA in follow-up after definitive surgery,and also hepatic resection for metastasis,and the management of all patients with raised CEA.
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