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Carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 serum levels in non-small cell lung cancer.

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2019

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Nikolaos Tsoukalas, Ioannis D. Kostakis, Constantinos Giaginis, Maria Tolia, Michail Galanopoulos, Maria Kiakou, Eleni Aravantinou-Fatorou, Konstantinos Tsapakidis, Panagiotis Baxevanos, Ioannis K. Litos,
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Abstract

CEA and CA 19-9 serum levels do not seem to have any diagnostic role in NSCLC. With regard to their prognostic role, CEA values do not seem to affect the prognosis in NSCLC. However, high CA 19-9 values are associated with worse prognosis.