Utility of preoperative serum carcinoemberyonic antigen in colorectal cancer patients

ABSTRACT

Background and Aim: the usefulness of preoperative Carcinoembryonic antigen [CEA] in colorectal cancer [CRC] remains unsettled as regards its role in management and follow up of CRC patients. Efficacy of basal CEA in the diagnosis, prognosis, follow up and therapy of CRC patients will be assessed in this study