CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN (CEA) IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT DISEASES

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  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 26  (5) , 603-609
Abstract
Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) concentration was raised in 503 of 550 patients (91%) with bladder cancer, intestinal lymphoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, bronchogenic carcinoma, prostate cancer, liver cirrhosis and bilharziasis. The degree of elevation was moderate in all patients except in 189 patients having values more than 20 ng/ml of these, 53 patients had bladder cancer and 118 patients had bilharziasis. The mean CEA value in the patients with cirrhosis in the non-tumorous liver was slightly higher than that in those without cirrhosis, but the difference did not reach statistical significance (P > 0.01). There was no correlation between serum CEA and .alpha.-fetoprotein (AFP) levels except in patients with bladder carcinoma, hepatoma and bilharziasis.