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A prospective evaluation of 149 patients with Dukes' B2 or C colorectal carcinoma, including periodic history, physical examination, chest radiograph, liver function tests, complete blood count, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) radioimmunoassay, barium enema, and endoscopic studies, has been underway since 1976. Thirty-four patients have had recurrence. This study suggests that the history and CEA are the most sensitive noninvasive methods with which to detect recurrent tumors but are unlikely to indicate recurrence at a therapeutically advantageous stage.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Hollywood, Florida, May 11 to 16, 1980.
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Beart, R.W., Metzger, P.P., O'Connell, M.J. et al. Postoperative screening of patients with carcinoma of the colon. Dis Colon Rectum 24, 585–588 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02605750
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