Perioperative Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Ratio Is a Prognostic Indicator in Patients With Stage II Colorectal Cancer.

Ann Coloproctol · 2018 · PMC5847402 · PMID 29535981

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a reliable trendP = 0.092so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The patients with better tumor differentiation grades showed a reliable trend (P = 0.092) toward longer survival.

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failed to reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

However, the preoperative CEA level for OS failed to reach statistical significance, suggesting that a high preoperative CEA level itself lacks the power to discriminate the poor prognostic group in patients with stage II colorectal cancer.

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