High CEA levels in a case of resected colorectal cancer: delayed diagnosis of metachronous medullary thyroid cancer
Abstract Background Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is one of the most widely used tumor markers, and its value in the surveillance of post-operative colorectal cancer is well established. Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has been clinically used in colorectal cancer imaging...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-12-01
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| Series: | World Journal of Surgical Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1303-4 |