title: [Prognostic value of CEA in postoperative monitoring of colorectal cancers].
abstract: The prognostic value of CEA for the purposes of postoperative monitoring assessed in 45 patients with cancer of the colon and rectum. Values were obtained 1-36 months after surgery in all operable cases. Means were also evaluated statistically at various follow-up times. In patients who relapsed, values stayed significantly higher for up to 6 months after surgery than in those who did not. Cockran's method showed that the prognostic significance of this difference 6 months after surgery was p less than 0.05.
mesh_terms: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen
vernacular_title: Valore prognostico del CEA nel monitoraggio post-operatorio dei carcinomi del colon-retto.