Carcinoembryonic Antigen Increase in a Patient with Colon Cancer Who Have Achieved Complete Remission and Negative <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT: Don’t Forget the Thyroid!
Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a tumor marker especially used to follow a patient with colorectal cancer. However, it is non-specific and could be increased in several cancers and some benign conditions. We report the case of a 70-year-old man followed since 2014 for a left colon adenocarci...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-08-01
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Series: | Current Oncology |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/28/4/261 |