Evaluation of tumor markers in southern Indian breast cancer patients.

Tumor markers are biochemical substances elaborated by tumor cells either due to the cause or effect of malignant processes. Here we investigated serum levels of cancer antigen (CA15.3) and carcino embryonic antigen (CEA) in 153 pre and post operated southern Indian breast cancer patients (stage-I- 45, stage-II-55, stage-III- 53 samples) and 37 normal controls.