Carcinoembryonic antigen
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| Carcinoembryonic antigen | |
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| Term | Carcinoembryonic antigen |
| Short definition | carcinoembryonic antigen - (pronounced) (KAR-sih-noh-EM-bree-AH-nik AN-tih-jen) A substance found in the blood of people who have colon cancer, other cancers or diseases, or who smoke tobacco. Carcinoembryonic antigen levels can help keep track of how well cancer treatments are working or whether the cancer has come back. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
carcinoembryonic antigen - (pronounced) (KAR-sih-noh-EM-bree-AH-nik AN-tih-jen) A substance found in the blood of people who have colon cancer, other cancers or diseases, or who smoke tobacco. Carcinoembryonic antigen levels can help keep track of how well cancer treatments are working or whether the cancer has come back. It's a kind of tumor marker. Also called CEA
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