Preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen, albumin and age are supplementary to UICC staging systems in predicting survival for colorectal cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment

BMC Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 288-

  Sun, Li Chu ^a   Chu, Koung Shing ^a,b   Cheng, Su Chen ^a   Lu, Chien Yu ^a,b   Kuo, Chao Hung ^a,b,c   Hsieh, Jan Sing ^a,b   Shih, Ying Ling ^a   Chang, Shun Jen ^b   Wang, Jaw Yuan ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349850343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-288     Document Type: Article

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