The correlation between pre-operative serum tumor markers and lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer patients undergoing curative treatment

Abstract

The tumor makers CA724, CA242, CA199 and CEA were evaluated significantly in the gastric patients with later N stage. The combination of these four tumor markers maybe prefer diagnostic index of gastric cancer and its lymph node metastasis. These tumor markers can be a possible indicator of poorer prognosis in different N stage patients.