C-stage in Colon Cancer: Implications of Carcinoembryonic Antigen Biomarker in Staging, Prognosis, and Management

Thirunavukarasu, Pragatheeshwar; Sukumar, Shyamsunder; Sathaiah, Magesh; Mahan, Meredith; Divya Pragatheeshwar, Kothai; F. Pingpank, James; J. Zeh, Herbert; J. Bartels, Christopher; K.W. Lee, Kenneth; L. Bartlett, David

doi:10.1093/jnci/djr078

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C-stage in Colon Cancer: Implications of Carcinoembryonic Antigen Biomarker in Staging, Prognosis, and Management

Published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute • Mar 1, 2011

Authors:

Pragatheeshwar Thirunavukarasu

Shyamsunder Sukumar

Magesh Sathaiah

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) has proposed the inclusion of pretreatment serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level (C-stage) into the conventional TNM staging system of colon cancer. We assessed the prognosis of various stages of colon cancer after such an inclusion. MET...

Subject

Carcinoembryonic antigen

Medicine

Stage (stratigraphy)

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