Negative serum carcinoembryonic antigen has insufficient accuracy for excluding recurrence from patients with Dukes C colorectal cancer: Analysis with likelihood ratio and posttest probability in a follow-up study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1675-1680

  Hara, Masayasu ^a   Kanemitsu, Yukihide ^a   Hirai, Takashi ^a   Komori, Koji ^a   Kato, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen; Likelihood ratio; Posttest probability; Recurrence; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 54949159493     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9406-1     Document Type: Article

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