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. 2006 Jun 28;12(24):3891–3894. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i24.3891

Table 1.

Serum CEA and TPA-M levels by postoperative year (mean ± SD)

	Recurrence of neoplasia	1^st yr	2^nd yr	3^rd yr	4^th yr	P
CEA (μg/L)	-	1.5 ± 0.9	2.0 ± 1.8	1.4 ± 1.1	1.9 ± 1.0	< 0.01
	+^b	6.9 ± 9.8	66.3 ± 130.8	19.9 ± 32.0	1.2 ± 0.7
TPA-M (U/L)	-	64.4 ± 47.8	50.8 ± 38.4	54.0 ± 19.5	43.6 ± 29.0	< 0.05
	+^a	192.2 ± 328.8	442.7 ± 652.8	93.3 ± 82.0	343.5 ± 437.6

^a

P < 0.05,

^b

P < 0.01, vs no recurrence.