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TUMOR SCOREBOARD
The tumor scoreboards are those substances that can decide for analytical methods and have a causal connection or of probability with diverse types of cancer. They are detected by analytical methods and serve for the detection, diagnosis and prognosis of some neoplasias.
The Antigen Carcinoembrionario (CEA) is an antigenic glicoproteína oncofetal.
NORMAL VALUES
The Antigen carcinoembrionario (CEA) has a few values séricos they are lower than 5 ng/ml, and in smokers from 5 to 10 ng/ml.
UTILITY OF THE TUMOR SCOREBOARDS
The Antigen carcinoembrionario (CEA) rises in the tumors derived from the endodermo, especially in the carcinomas colorrectales, of stomach, of lung and of breast. It is a very heterogeneous and slightly specific scoreboard, since also it increases in pancreatic tumors, hepatocarcinomas and in carcinomas of prostate, bladder, endometrio and neck of the womb.
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