Carcinoembryoni antigen levels in the peripherl and mesenteric venous blood oof patients with rectal carcinoma / Niveis do antigeno carcinoembrionico no sangue venoso periferico e mesenterico em doentes com carcinoma retal

Context The serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is an important prognostic factor in colorectal cancer, however the rectum presents different routes of venous drainage, stating that the level of CEA in peripheral and mesenteric rectal tumors may be different, depending on the location of the tumor in the rectal segment. Objective The goal of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the peripheral and mesenteric venous levels of CEA and the association between these levels and the tumour location in the rectums of patients successfully operated on for rectal carcinoma. Methods Thirty-two patients who were surgically treated for rectal carcinoma were divided into patients with tumours located in the upper rectum (n = 11) or lower rectum (n = 21). The CEA values were assessed by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. Serum and mesenteric CEA levels were associated with the tumour anatomopathological characteristics: location, histological type, cellular differentiation grade, depth of invasion into the rectal wall, angiolymphatic invasion, tumour, node, and metastasis staging; and the CEA index (≤1.0 or ≥1.0 ng /mL). Results Analysis of the serum CEA values using clinical and anatomopathological parameters revealed no significant association with tumour location, histological type, cellular differentiation grade, depth of invasion into the intestinal wall, and tumour, node, and metastasis staging. The mesenteric CEA levels were significantly associated with the tumour location (P = 0.01). The CEA values in the mesenteric venous blood and the presence of angiolymphatic invasion (P = 0.047) were significantly different. A significant relationship was found between the CEA index value and the rectal tumour location (P = 0.0001). Conclusions The CEA levels were higher in the mesenteric vein in tumours located in the upper rectum and in the presence of angiolymphatic invasion. CEA drainage from lower rectum adenocarcinomas ...

Contexto O antígeno carcinoembriônico (CEA) sérico é um importante fator de prognóstico do câncer coloretal, contudo o reto apresenta diferentes vias de drenagem venosa, indicando que o nível do CEA periférico e mesentérico nos tumores retais podem ser diferentes, na dependência da localização da neoplasia no segmento retal. Objetivo Avaliar em doentes operados curativamente de carcinoma do reto, a relação entre o nível venoso periférico e portal do CEA e a associação desses níveis com a localização da neoplasia no reto. Método Trinta e dois doentes operados por carcinoma retal foram divididos em pacientes com tumores situados no reto alto (n = 11) e no reto baixo (n = 21). A análise dos valores de CEA foi determinada por imunoensaio de eletroquimioluminescência. As dosagens do CEA sérico e mesentérico foram associadas aos aspectos anatomopatológicos da neoplasia (localização da neoplasia, tipo histológico, grau de diferenciação celular, profundidade de invasão na parede retal, invasão angiolinfática); estadiamento tumor, nódulo e metástase e; ao índice do CEA (≤1,0 ou ≥1,0 ng/mL). Resultados A análise dos valores de CEA sérico com os parâmetros clínicos e anatomopatológicos não revelou associação significante com a localização do tumor, tipo histológico, grau de diferenciação celular, nível de profundidade de invasão na parede intestinal e estadiamento tumor, nódulo e metástase. Os valores dos níveis mesentéricos do CEA apresentaram associação significante com a localização do tumor (P = 0,010). Observou-se diferença significante entre os valores do CEA no sangue venoso mesentérico e a presença de invasão ...

A Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Secreting Adenocarcinoma Arising in Tailgut Cyst : Clinical Implications of Carcinoembryonic Antigen

Tailgut cysts (TGCs) are rare congenital cysts that occur in the retrorectal or presacral spaces. Although most tailgut cysts have been reported as benign, there have been at least 9 cases associated with malignant change. We report herein on an unusual case of a 40-year-old woman with a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) -producing adenocarcinoma arising within a TGC who underwent surgical resection and local radiation therapy. Despite the complete resection, metastatic adenocarcinoma developed five months after surgery. CEA-producing adenocarcinoma from a TGC is extremely rare and only two cases, including this case, have been reported in the English medical literature. Besides CEA, the serum levels of CA 19-9 became markedly elevated in this patient. Given that the serum CEA level decreased to the normal range after complete resection of tumor and that the tumor recurrence was associated with a rebound of the CEA serum level, our case shows that serial measurements of serum CEA can be used for treatment planning and for assessing the patient's treatment response for this rare disease.

Association of serum lipids and glucose with the risk of colorectal adenomatous polyp in men: a case-control study in Korea

Previous studies on life style for colorectal cancer risk suggest that serum lipids and glucose might be related to adenomatous polyps as well as to colorectal carcinogenesis. This case-control study was conducted to investigate the associations between serum lipids, blood glucose, and other factors and the risk of colorectal adenomatous polyp. Male cases with colorectal adenomatous polyp, histologically confirmed by colonoscopy (n=134), and the same number of male controls matched by age for men were selected in hospitals in Seoul, Korea between January 1997 and October 1998. Serum lipids and glucose levels were tested after the subjects had fasted for at least 12 hr. Conditional logistic regression showed that there was a significant trend of increasing adenomatous polyp risk with the rise in serum cholesterol level (Ptrend=0.07). Increasing trend for the risk with triglyceride was also seen (Ptrend=0.01). HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol had increasing trends for the risk, which were not significant. In particular, it was noted that higher fasting blood glucose level reduced the adenomatous polyp risk for men (Ptrend=0.001). This study concluded that both serum cholesterol and triglyceride were positively related to the increased risk for colorectal adenomatous polyp in Korea. Findings on an inverse relationship between serum glucose and the risk should be pursued in further studies.

Carcinoma colorectal, incidencia transfusional transanestésica / Colorectal carcinoma: transanesthetic incidence of transfusions

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar la incidencia transfusional transanestésica en pacientes oncológicos con carcinoma colorrectal sometidos a cirugía resectiva. Diseño: Serie de casos. Lugar: Departamento de Anestesiología Hospital de Oncología, CMN siglo XXI, IMSS. México, D.F. Pacientes: se revisaron 322 expedientes clínicos de pacientes con cáncer colorrectal y cirugía resectiva (colectomías). Las variables analizadas fueron: hemoglobina, hemotocrito pre y postoperatorias, sangrado, transfusión de algún componente sanguíneo durante el periodo transoperatorio y tiempo quirúrgico. Resultados: Solo 268 expedientes tuvieron la información transfunsional requerida. El sangrado promedio por cirugía fue 13.10 por ciento del volumen sanguíneo circulante. Del total de pacientes estudiados 57 por ciento fue transfundido con algún componente sanguíneo. Conclusiones: La incidencia transfunsional fue mayor a la esperada en relación al sangrado quirúrgico, condición que puede afectar el pronóstico de la neoplasia sobre la recurrencia tumoral o supervivencia

Serum protein patterns in adenocarcinoma of breast and rectum.

Serum protein patterns were studied in 27 cases of adenocarcinoma of breast and rectum by polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis. Pretreatment and post-treatment cases showed different protein patterns. The increased number of bands in zone A in pretreatment rectal cancer cases decreased after chemotherapy. Thus, the number and position of bands before and after treatment and in different types of cancer may be used in diagnosis and prognosis of the disease.