Research Article

Association of Preoperative Serum Levels of CEA and CA15-3 with Molecular Subtypes of Breast Cancer

Table 2

Correlation between serum CEA, CA15-3, and CA125 levels and molecular subtypes in breast cancer.

Tumor markerLuminal A ()Luminal B1 ()Luminal B2 ()Her-2+ ()Triple-negative () value

CEA (ng/ml)0.0194
 <5213 (95.09)371 (96.61)117 (92.13)98 (89.91)114 (97.44)
 ≥511 (4.91)13 (3.39)10 (7.87)11 (10.09)3 (2.56)
CA15-3 (U/ml)0.0007
 <25216 (96.43)371 (96.61)114 (89.76)103 (94.50)103 (88.03)
 ≥258 (3.57)13 (3.39)13 (10.24)6 (5.50)14 (11.97)
CA125 (U/ml)0.2605
 <35213 (95.09)363 (94.53)121 (95.28)104 (95.41)105 (89.74)
 ≥3511 (4.91)21 (5.47)6 (4.72)5 (4.59)12 (10.26)

Luminal B1: ER+/PR+, Her-2 negative; Luminal B2: ER+/PR+, Her-2 positive; Her-2+: Her-2 overexpression. and .