Prognostic value of preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen level in colorectal cancer in Tunisia

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-44

  Gara, Sonia ^a   Meziou, S ^a   Mtar, A ^a   Ghanem, Abdrraouf ^a   Harzallah, Latifa ^a   Rahal, Khaled ^a   Boussen, Hammouda ^b   Guemira, Fethi ^a  

^a SALAH AZAIEZ INSTITUTE   (Tunisia)

^b ABDERRAHMAN MAMI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Carcino embryonic antigen; Colorectal cancer; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLON CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856710144     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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