Research Article
Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Varies with Lymph Node Metastasis Status in Colorectal Cancer
Table 1
Demographic data of the 615 patients with CRC, n (%).
| Characteristics | (n = 615) | % | pCEA level (ng/mL), median (min to max) |
| Age (years) | 58.00 (20–87) | | 3.85 (0–266.2) |
| Gender | Female | 229 | 37.24 | 3.48 (0.3–266.2) | Male | 386 | 62.76 | 4.01 (0.5–224.7) | Location | Right | 117 | 19.02 | 3.96 (0.6–77.25) | Left | 151 | 24.55 | 3.34 (0.43–181.1) | Rectum | 347 | 56.42 | 4.2 (0.3–266.2) |
| TNM stage | I Stage | 87 | 14.15 | 2.49 (0.5–32.2) | II stage | 237 | 38.54 | 3.36 (0.3–224.7) | III stage | 291 | 47.32 | 5.0 (0.43–266.2) |
| N category | N0 category | 324 | 52.68 | 3.0 (0.3–224.7) | N1-2 category | 291 | 47.32 | 5.0 (0.43–266.2) |
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CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen.
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