What does carcinoembryonic antigen assay mean?

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a common tumor marker. If CEA persists significantly, several times, ten times or even dozens of times higher than normal, this indicates that there are cancer cell activities in the patient's body. Cancer cells are growing, developing and spreading. It is necessary to detect tumors as soon as possible through imaging examination, and diagnose cancer through pathological diagnosis. Early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment are the keys to cure cancer and prolong life. If it is simply carcinoembryonic antigen measurement is high, this situation is more common because of chronic inflammation in the body, more common chronic pharyngitis, chronic gastritis, chronic hepatitis, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic vaginitis, etc., these chronic inflammation can cause carcinoembryonic antigen high.