Clinical Significance of Successive Determination of Carcinoembryonic Antigen in Peritoneal Washings of Patients after Curative Resection of Gastrointestinal Cancer
Objective:To study the clinical significance of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in peritoneal washings for hepatic metastasis in patients during chemotherapy after curative resection of gastrointestinal carcinoma.Methods:One hundred and sixty three patients having curative resection of gastrointestinal carcinoma underwent routine chemotherapy according to EDM program.Distilled water (20 ml/kg) was used to irrigate the peritoneal cavity.Before each course of chemotherapy ,the level of CEA in serum and in per...