title: [Postoperative monitoring of patients operated on for digestive tract neoplasms using tumor markers. Preliminary results].
abstract: The report analyses the comparative efficacy of three different tumour markers (CEA, GICA and TPA) in providing indications for the postoperative monitoring of patients treated for cancer of the digestive tract. Assessment of effectiveness of chemotherapy produced different results according to the site of the tumour (stomach, colon or pancreas). In the case of cancers of the pancreatic head, the influence of jaundice on the markers was also evaluated, to discover which marker provided most information on the tumour investigated.
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm
vernacular_title: Monitoraggio postoperatorio di pazienti operati per neoplasia digestiva mediante marcatori tumorali. Risultati preliminari.