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CEA

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001541

A substance that may be found in the blood of people who have colon cancer, other types of cancer or diseases, or who smoke tobacco. CEA levels may help keep track of how well cancer treatments are working or if cancer has come back. It is a type of tumor marker. Also called carcinoembryonic antigen.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001541
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionscarcinoembryonic antigen
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "CEA",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A substance that may be found in the blood of people who have colon cancer, other types of cancer or diseases, or who smoke tobacco. CEA levels may help keep track of how well cancer treatments are working or if cancer has come back. It is a type of tumor marker. Also called carcinoembryonic antigen.",
  "expansions": [
    "carcinoembryonic antigen"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cea/"
}

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