CA 125, CA 19-9 and CEA in benign gynecologic tumors: Effect of surgery

ABSTRACT

The present study showed that combining serum essay of CA125, CA19-9 and CEA is useful in the preoperative exclusion of malignancy in patients with ovarian tumors. A leiomyomas were associated with low levels of the 3 tumor markers, elevated levels particularly of serum CA125 may point to adenomyosis in patients with uterine mass. The results showed that the serum levels of the tumor markers were significantly decreased postoperatively. So, it can be safely assumed that the specificity of these tumor markers is not affected by abdominal surgery