Reprogrammed Fibrotic Niche Fuels Lung Cancer Initiation and Reciprocal Remodeling.

Int J Biol Sci · 2026 · PMC12905585 · PMID 41694576

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A study systematically comparing serum CEA levels across patients with different diseases found that serum CEA levels showed a decreasing trend in patients with PF, pancreatic cancer, uremia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, colon cancer, Alzheimer's disease, rectal cancer, and lung cancer, indicating that elevated serum CEA levels are associated with both cancer and non-cancerous diseases 174 .

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