"Carcinoembryonic Antigen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A glycoprotein that is secreted into the luminal surface of the epithelia in the gastrointestinal tract. It is found in the feces and pancreaticobiliary secretions and is used to monitor the response to colon cancer treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D002272
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.395.550.200.210 D12.776.543.550.200.210 D23.050.285.329 D23.050.301.350.210 D23.101.140.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Carcinoembryonic Antigen- Carcinoembryonic Antigen
- Antigen, Carcinoembryonic
- CD66e Antigen
- Antigens, CD66e
- CD66e Antigens
- Antigen, CD66e
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carcinoembryonic Antigen" by people in Profiles.
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TNF inhibitors to treat ulcerative colitis in a metastatic breast cancer patient: a case report and literature review. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 May 21; 20(19):5912-7.
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Vaccines for colorectal cancer and renal cell carcinoma. Cancer J. 2011 Sep-Oct; 17(5):283-93.
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Mucinous carcinoma of the eyelid. An immunohistochemical study. Am J Dermatopathol. 1995 Oct; 17(5):494-8.
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Expression of carcinoembryonic antigen and related genes in lung and gastrointestinal cancers. Int J Cancer. 1992 Nov 11; 52(5):718-25.
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Neuroendocrine differentiation in endocrine and nonendocrine lung carcinomas. Am J Clin Pathol. 1988 Dec; 90(6):641-52.
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Vindesine: phase II evaluation in colon cancer and description of its platelet stimulating activity. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 1982; 9(1):41-4.