title: [Our experience with the diagnostic and prognostic unreliability of pre- and postoperative CEA in human breast cancer].
abstract: The carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were determined in 42 breast cancer patients at I, II, III, IV stages of TNM classification. Plasmatic preoperative CEA levels was under 6 ng/ml in the 94% of patients. The postoperative CEA levels of six patients who developed metastases during the follow-up was elevated in five cases, but the elevation never preceded the clinical and radiological diagnosis of metastases.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ovaleo-Pandolfo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capelli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Franciosi
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen
vernacular_title: Nostra esperienza sulla inattendibilità diagnostica e prognostica del CEA pre- e postoperatorio nel carcinoma mammario umano.