Changes in serum CEA,CA125 and CA199 in patients with advanced colorectal cancer before and after targeted therapy and their relationship with clinical efficacy
Objective To analyze the changes in serum carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA),carbohydrate antigen 125(CA125)and carbohydrate antigen 199(CA199)in patients with advanced colorectal cancer(CRC)before and after targeted therapy and their relationship with clinical efficacy.Methods A total of 110 patients with advanced CRC admitted from January 2018 to January 2020 were selected.All of them received targeted therapy.Serum CEA,CA125 and CA199 before and after treatment in patients of the complete remission(CR)+partial remission(PR)group,stable disease(SD)group and disease progression(PD)group were compared.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves were plotted to identify the single detection of serum CEA,CA125 and CA199 and their combined detection in predicting advanced CRC.All patients were followed up until 31st May 2022.The overall survival(OS)in patients with different serum levels of CEA,CA125,and CA199 were compared.The correlation of OS with serum CEA,CA125,and CA199 was analyzed by Spearman correlation.Results A total of 110 patients received targeted therapy,including 38(34.55%),44(40.00%),20(18.18%)and 8(7.27%)cases of CR,PR,SD and PD.No significant differences were detected in serum CEA,CA125 and CA199 before treatment among CR+PR group,SD group and PD group(P>0.05).After treatment,patients in CR+PR group had significantly lower serum CEA,CA125 and CA199 than those of SD group and PD group(P<0.05).The diagnostic sensitivity(89.96%vs 82.13%vs 76.05%vs 78.77%)and specificity(91.34%vs 70.13%vs 74.33%vs 83.16%)of the combined detection of serum CEA,CA125 and CA199 was significantly higher than that of the single detection of CEA,CA125 and CA199(P<0.05).The OS of patients with serum CEA<5ng/mL,CA125<35U/mL or CA199<37U/mL group was significantly higher than that of the counterpart(P<0.05).OS was negatively correlated with serum CEA,CA125,and CA199(r=-4.967,-5.028,-5.134,respectively;P<0.05).Conclusion Serum levels of CEA,CA125 and CA199 decrease during targeted therapy in patients with advanced CRC,and their lower levels predict better clinical efficacy and longer overall survival.