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. 1979;14(2):122-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF02773583.

Clinical studies on carcinoembryonic antigen in pancreatic cancer

T Yamauchi, A Funakoshi, H Wakasugi, A Hayakawa, H Ibayashi

Clinical studies on carcinoembryonic antigen in pancreatic cancer

T Yamauchi et al. Gastroenterol Jpn. 1979.

Abstract

We studied serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels in 82 patients. Thirty-four of these had benign diseases while 48 had malignant diseases. Highest incidence and levels of CEA occurred in the sera of patients with pancreatic cancer and stomach cancer. In this paper we focused our particular attention on the serum CEA of 25 pancreatic cancer patients, and examined differences in serum CEA levels in relation to histologic differentiation and sites of pancreatric cancer. No statistical difference in serum CEA level was found among various histologic types and sites of the pancreatic cancer. Clinical courses of two patients with pancreatic cancer were also studied. Serial determinations of CEA levels are most useful in assessing the effect of operation or chemotherapies and are a useful indicator for differentiating pancreatic cancer from chronic pancreatitis but cannot be a conclusive factor for the diagnosis. Finally, we correlated serum CEA levels with those of RNase and confirmed a positive correlation.

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