Postsurgical surveillance for recurrence of UICC stage I colorectal carcinoma: Is follow-up by CEA justified?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 62, 2005, Pages 444-449

  Yamamoto, Seiichiro ^a   Akasu, Takayuki ^a   Fujita, Shin ^a   Moriya, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CEA; Follow up; Surveillance; UICC stage I colorectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 16344388220     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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