A Re-Evaluation of Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) as a Serum Marker for Breast Cancer

• Published in: Clinical cancer research Vol. 7; no. 8; p. 2357
• Main Authors: Fiorella Guadagni, Patrizia Ferroni, Sandro Carlini, Sabrina Mariotti, Antonella Spila, Simona Aloe, Roberta D’Alessandro, Maria Daniela Carone, Americo Cicchetti, Andrea Ricciotti, Irene Venturo, Pasquale Perri, Franco Di Filippo, Francesco Cognetti, Claudio Botti, Mario Roselli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for Cancer Research 01.08.2001

Purpose: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is still a widely used test for monitoring breast cancer, although recent reports discourage its routine use because of low sensitivity. This is a prospective study evaluating the efficacy of CEA and CA 15.3 in monitoring breast cancer. Experimental Design: Se...