High CEA levels in a case of resected colorectal cancer: delayed diagnosis of metachronous medullary thyroid cancer

BACKGROUND: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is one of the most widely used tumor markers, and its value in the surveillance of post-operative colorectal cancer is well established. Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has been clinically used in colorectal cancer imaging includin...

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Autores principales: Chen, Shih-Wei, Chen, Yen-Kung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-017-1303-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-017-1303-4

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