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Clinical impact of pleural fluid carcinoembryonic antigen on therapeutic strategy and efficacy in lung adenocarcinoma patients with malignant pleural effusion.
The Korean journal of internal medicine - 1 Mar 2024
Lee Jaehee, Lee Deok Heon, Park Ji Eun, Lee Yong Hoon, Choi Sun Ha, Seo Hyewon, Yoo Seung Soo, Lee Shin Yup, Cha Seung-Ick, Park Jae Yong, Kim Chang Ho
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation is important in determining the treatment strategy for advanced lung cancer patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Contrary to serum carcinoembryonic antigen (S-CEA) levels, the associations between pleural fluid CEA (PF-CEA) levels and EGFR mutation status as well as between PF-CEA levels and treatment efficacy have rarely been...
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