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Comparison of recurrence patterns.
| Tumor marker | Liver* | Peritoneum* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | P value | positive | Negative | P value | |
| AFP-N | 20 | 373 | < 0.0001 | 24 | 369 | 0.471 |
| AFP-H | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| CEA < 5 | 18 | 325 | 0.130 | 15 | 328 | 0.0009 |
| CEA 5 = < | 6 | 52 | 9 | 49 | ||
| CA19-9 < 37 | 21 | 354 | 0.217 | 20 | 355 | 0.037 |
| CA19-9 37 = < | 3 | 23 | 4 | 22 | ||
AFP was significantly correlated with liver metastasis, while CEA and CA19-9 was significantly correlated with peritoneal dissemination.
*Duplicates in the same case.
