Prognostic significance of carcinoembryonic antigen levels in peritoneal washes in patients with gastric cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 356-361

  Abe, Nobutsugu ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Toda, Hiroshi ^b   Machida, Hiromichi ^b   Suzuki, Kazufumi ^b   Masaki, Tadahiko ^a   Mori, Toshiyuki ^a   Sugiyama, Masanori ^a   Atomi, Yutaka ^a   Nakaya, Yuzo ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen; Gastric cancer; Peritoneal recurrence; Peritoneal wash; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCITIC FLUID; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034960554     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00585-2     Document Type: Article

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