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ArticleAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2017

Stage Association of Preoperative Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen with Gastric Adenocarcinoma in Iranian Patients

Afshin Shafaghi, Fariborz Mansour- Ghanaei, Farahnaz Joukar, Farhad Nabavi, Alireza Mansour- Ghanaei, Aidin Esrafilian Soltani

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Article in Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Afshin ShafaghiGI Cancer Screening and Prevention Research Center(GCSPRC), Guilan University of Medical Sciences), Rasht, Iran. Email: ghanaie@yahoo.com
Fariborz Mansour- Ghanaei
Farahnaz Joukar
Farhad Nabavi
Alireza Mansour- Ghanaei
Aidin Esrafilian Soltani
Guilan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality and the fourth most common cancer globally. Tumor markers are needed for appropriate management and monitoring of treatment to improve quality of life. Recently, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) has been widely used as a tumor marker in the diagnosis and follow-up of some malignancies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of CEA detection in the course of disease in gastric cancer patients at different stages. Methods: Seventy six cases of gastric adenocarcinoma from the Rasht Razi Hospital were studied between January 2016 and December 2016, along with a control group of 152 people. Serum CEA was measured by ELISA reader. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 14.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, USA). The two groups were also compared by cross-table analysis using Pearson’s chi-square test, with P-values <0.05 considered significant. Results: CEA was positive in 61.8 % of patients versus 2.6% of the control group (P = 0.0001). Some 21% of patients at stages I and II (initial disease) and 40.8% at stages III and IV (advanced disease) demonstrated positive CEA. which was significantly correlated with higher N stage and poor differentiation. Conclusions: Our study showed that a high preoperative CEA level was not prevalent in early stage gastric cancer patients. We recommend to design other prospective studies and meta-analyses for elucidation of claims for diagnostic efficacy.

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Adenocarcinomacarcinoembryonic antigengastric cancer

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PMCPMC5747387
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