Journal article
Effect of Incorporation of Pretreatment Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels Into AJCC Staging for Colon Cancer on 5-Year Survival
Abstract
IMPORTANCE: The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) has proposed the inclusion of pretreatment serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels (C stage) into the conventional TNM staging system of colon cancer. The latter proposal has yet to be widely adopted because of the lack of long-term survival estimates of after C-stage incorporation into AJCC staging.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether long-term overall and cancer-specific survival is …
Authors
Thirunavukarasu P; Talati C; Munjal S; Attwood K; Edge SB; Francescutti V
Journal
JAMA Surgery, Vol. 150, No. 8, pp. 747–755
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
August 1, 2015
DOI
10.1001/jamasurg.2015.0871
ISSN
2168-6254