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Rising Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels Two Years After Postoperative Irradiation

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This 46-year-old woman had a low anterior resection of a grade 1 polypoid adenocarcinoma of the rectum at 10 cm. One of ten nodes was positive. Preoperatively and postoperatively, her level of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was 12 ng/ml. Postoperative irradiation was given.

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy, University of Texas MD, Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Tyvin A. Rich MD

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 4950 Sunset Boulevard 2C, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA

    A. Robert Kagan MD

  2. Center for Health Sciences, Johnsson Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 LeConte, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Richard J. Steckel MD

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Rich, T.A. (1994). Rising Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels Two Years After Postoperative Irradiation. In: Kagan, A.R., Steckel, R.J. (eds) Practical Approaches to Cancer Invasion and Metastases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84885-8_20

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