Independent prognostic impact of preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen and cancer antigen 15-3 levels for early breast cancer subtypes

Abstract Background Although the prognosis for operable breast cancers is reportedly worse if serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cancer antigen 15-3 (CA15-3) levels are above normal, the usefulness of this prognosis is limited due to the low sensitivity and specificity; in addition, the optima...

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Published in:	World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Main Authors:	Michiko Imamura, Takashi Morimoto, Takashi Nomura, Shintaro Michishita, Arisa Nishimukai, Tomoko Higuchi, Yukie Fujimoto, Yoshimasa Miyagawa, Ayako Kira, Keiko Murase, Kazuhiro Araki, Yuichi Takatsuka, Koshi Oh, Yoshikazu Masai, Kouhei Akazawa, Yasuo Miyoshi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-02-01
Subjects:	Breast cancer Tumor marker CEA CA15-3 Prognosis
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-018-1325-6