Timeliness of postoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen monitoring for predicting recurrence after gastric cancer surgery

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jan 27, 2026; 18(1): 114309
Published online Jan 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114309

Table 2 Comparison of baseline clinical characteristics between groups

Items		Recurrence group (n = 39)	Non-recurrence group (n = 81)	t/χ²	P value
Sex	Male	21 (53.85)	47 (58.02)	0.826	0.106
Sex	Female	18 (46.15)	32 (41.98)	0.826	0.106
Age (years)		59.48 ± 4.09	59.29 ± 4.11	0.883	0.217
Pathological staging	I	12 (30.77)	22 (27.16)	0.907	0.114
	II	20 (51.28)	47 (58.02)
	IIIa	7 (17.95)	12 (14.81)
Differentiation	Low differentiation	23 (58.97)	46 (56.79)	0.746	0.083
	Medium differentiation	15 (38.46)	31 (38.27)
	High differentiation	1 (2.57)	4 (4.94)
BMI (kg/m²)		20.16 ± 0.68	20.23 ± 0.73	0.842	0.103

Continuous data are presented as mean ± SD and compared by independent t-test. Categorical data are presented as n (%) and compared by χ² test, except where expected cell counts were below 5, in which case Fisher's exact test was used. BMI: Body mass index.

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Citation: Duan XX, Yu X, Zhou L. Timeliness of postoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen monitoring for predicting recurrence after gastric cancer surgery. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(1): 114309
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114309

Duan XX, Yu X, Zhou L. Timeliness of postoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen monitoring for predicting recurrence after gastric cancer surgery. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(1): 114309 [PMID: 41695866 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i1.114309]

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