West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 1513-7368 14 7 2013 07 01 CEA and CA 19-9 are Still Valuable Markers for the Prognosis of Colorectal and Gastric Cancer Patients 4289 4294 27946 EN Journal Article 1970 01 01 Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the predictive effect of preoperative CEA and CA 19-9levels on the prognosis of colorectal and gastric cancer patients. Materials and Methods: CEA and CA 19-9 wereevaluated preoperatively in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer (n=116) and gastric cancer (n=49).Patients with CEA levels <5 ng/mL were classified as CEA Group 1, 5-30 ng/mL as CEA Group 2 and >30 ng/mL were classified as CEA Group 3. Similarly the patients with a CA 19-9 level <35 U/mL were classified as CA19-9 Group 1, with 35-100 U/mL as Group 2 and with >100 U/mL as Group and 3. TNM stages and histologicgrades were noted according to histopathological reports. Patients with a TNM grade 0 or 1 were classified asGroup A, TNM grade 2 patients constituted Group B and TNM grade 3 and 4 patients constituted Group C.Demographic characteristics, tumor locations and blood types of the patients were all recorded and these datawere compared with the preoperative CEA and CA19-9 values. Results: A significant correlation between CA19-9 levels (>100 U/mL) and TNM stage (in advanced stages) was determined. We also determined a significantcorrelation between TNM stages and positive vlaues for both CEA and CA 19-9 in colorectal and gastric cancerpatients. In comparison between CEA and CA 19-9 levels and age, gender, tumor location, ABO blood group,and tumor histologic grade, no significant correlation was found. Conclusions: Positive levels of both CEA andCA 19-9 can be considered to indicate an advanced stage in colorectal and gastric cancer patients.

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