Table 3 Further surgical treatment and the correlation with the treatment response by the image and the CEA.

From: The clinical experience of the prognosis in opposite CEA and image change after therapy in stage IV colorectal cancer

Treatment response assess by image (n)

CEA-RD

CEA-SD

CEA-PD

CR

0

0

0

PR

21/76 (27.6%)

4/13 (30.7%)

1/18 (5.6%)

SD

17/60 (26.7%)

4/21 (19.0%)

4/30 (13.3%)

PD

6/29 (20.6%)

4/15 (26.6%)

9/68 (13.2%)

  1. CR complete response, PR partial response, SD stable disease, PD progressive disease, CEA-RD response disease by CEA, CEA-SD stable disease by CEA, CEA-PD progressive disease by CEA.
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