Rising CEA levels in a patient with colon carcinoma: metachronous medullary thyroid cancer
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MARKERS, cilt.29, sa.2, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2014
- Doi Numarası: 10.5301/jbm.5000066
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MARKERS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Anahtar Kelimeler: CEA, Medullary thyroid cancer, Tumor marker, CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN, COLORECTAL-CANCER, F-18-FDG PET, MARKERS
- Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Introduction: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a commonly used tumor marker, and its value in colon cancer is well established. However it is overexpressed in many different tumors. Here we report a case of colorectal cancer with high postoperative CEA levels that were associated with medullary thyroid carcinoma.