The relationship between serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and postoperative prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been reported.Data of 5410 consecutive HCC patients who underwent hepatectomy was retrospectively reviewed. Survival curves for overall survival (OS) and tumor recurrence (TR) were depicted using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the log-rank test. Independent risk factors of OS and TR were analyzed with Cox hazard regression model. Besides, a one-to-one propensity score-matched (PSM) subset was performed to reduce selection bias. Subgroup analysis was done according to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection or not.Serum CEA ≥5.1 μg/L was an independent risk factor of OS and TR in the entire cohort and PSM subset (OS-hazard ratio = 1.218, 95 

作者：Jianwei, Liu；Yong, Xia；Lehua, Shi；Xifeng, Li；Lu, Wu；Zhenlin, Yan

来源：Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2016 年 20卷 12期