Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 is a valuable prognostic factor in colorectal cancer patients with normal levels of carcinoembryonic antigen and may help predict lung metastasis

Pei Ching Lin, Jen Kou Lin, Chun Chi Lin, Huann Sheng Wang, Shung Haur Yang, Jeng Kai Jiang, Yuan Tzu Lan, Tzu Chen Lin, Anna Fen Yau Li, Wei Shone Chen, Shih Ching Chang*

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Purpose: We retrospectively analyzed preoperative levels of carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients to determine the prognostic value of CA19-9 in CRC patients with normal carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels. Methods: A total of 639 patients who underwent curative surgery at Taipei Veterans General Hospital between 2002 and 2006 were enrolled. We excluded 254 patients (39.7 %) with high preoperative CEA levels and analyzed 385 patients with normal CEA levels. The measured endpoint was the postoperative disease-free survival (DFS). The prognostic value of CA19-9 was determined using logrank test and Cox regression analysis. Results: High CA19-9 levels were significantly associated with advanced disease and were detected in 5.8 % of patients with stage I disease, 11.7 % of those with stage II disease, and 22.5 % of those with stage III disease (P<0.001). The 5-year DFS in patients with normal CA19-9 levels was 82.0 %, which was significantly higher than that in patients with high CA19-9 levels (68 %; P<0.001). In a multivariate analysis, the most important independent factor affecting the 5-year DFS was tumor-node-metastasis stage (95 % CI, 1.26-2.36; HR01.72). After stratification by other factors, high CA19-9 level remained an independent prognostic factor for patients with normal CEA levels. Patients with high CA19-9 levels also showed a higher incidence of lung metastasis (23.1 %) than those with normal CA19-9 levels (7.2 %). Conclusions: CA19-9 may be a prognostic factor for CRC patients with normal CEA levels. An aggressive follow-up protocol for lung metastasis should be used for these patients.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)1333-1338
頁數6
期刊International Journal of Colorectal Disease
27
發行號10
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 10月 2012

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