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Prognostic value of preoperative CEA and CA 19-9 levels in resectable gastric cancer.

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2010

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Ece Dilege, Mehmet Mihmanlı, Uygar Demir, Kadir Burak Özer, Özgür Bostancı, Cemal Kaya, Öznur Aksakal
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Abstract

Elevated CA 19-9 levels are significantly correlated with lymph node metastasis, which may improve the selection of patients with advanced disease. CEA and CA 19-9 levels do not provide any predictive information about survival of operable, nonmetastatic gastric cancer patients.