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Surg Today. 2021 Oct;51(10):1638-1648. doi: 10.1007/s00595-021-02248-y. Epub 2021 Mar 07.

Prognostic impact of CEA/CA19-9 at the time of recurrence in patients with gastric cancer.

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Jin Moriyama, Yoko Oshima, Tatsuki Nanami, Takashi Suzuki, Satoshi Yajima, Fumiaki Shiratori, Kimihiko Funahashi, Hideaki Shimada

Affiliations

  1. Department of Clinical Oncology, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  2. Department of Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  3. Department of Clinical Oncology, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [email protected].
  4. Department of Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. [email protected].
  5. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan. [email protected].

PMID: 33682011 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-021-02248-y

Abstract

PURPOSE: We evaluated the clinical impact of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) values at the time of recurrence in gastric cancer patients.

METHODS: Among 790 patients with R0 resected gastric cancer without neoadjuvant therapy between 2004 and 2017, 89 recurrence cases were retrospectively evaluated. The clinical impact of CEA and CA19-9 values on recurrence sites and post-recurrent prognosis were evaluated using univariate and multivariate analyses.

RESULTS: The positive rates of CEA and CA19-9 at recurrence were significantly higher than the preoperative positive rates (CEA, 56% vs 24%; CA19-9, 37% vs 15%). Although CA19-9-positive patients at recurrence exhibited a poor survival, the difference was not significant. The positive rates of CEA at liver or lymph node recurrence were significantly higher than the preoperative positive rates. The positive rate of CA19-9 at peritoneal recurrence was significantly higher than the preoperative positive rate. CA19-9-positive patients at recurrence exhibited worse prognosis than CA19-9-negative patients, although the difference was not significant. At lymph node recurrence, CA19-9-positive patients exhibited a significantly worse survival than CA19-9-negative patients.

CONCLUSION: In recurrent gastric cancer, the positive status of CA19-9 at recurrence might have a negative prognostic impact after recurrence; particularly, in patients with lymph node recurrence.

© 2021. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Keywords: CA19-9; CEA; Gastric cancer; Prognosis; Recurrence

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