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cord-310774-rpc8hrrx	Yang, Chongtu	Elevated carcinoembryonic antigen in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia	2020-08-28		.txt	text/plain	1671	117	52	We designed this study to investigate the association between carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) elevation and SARS-CoV-2 infection. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 177 patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who received plasma CEA assays during hospitalization. CONCLUSION: SARS-CoV-2 infection might be another cause of CEA elevation, with nearly 20% of patients experienced transient and marked CEA increment during COVID-19 pneumonia. We found a portion of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia had raised serum of CEA, and we designed this study to investigate the association between CEA elevation and SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, as none of our participants had any clinical indication of malignancy, further studies are needed to investigate the role of CEA level in COVID-19 patients accompanied with colorectal cancer. In conclusion, SARS-CoV-2 infection might cause transient and marked CEA elevation especially in non-survivors, and this abnormal increment was not correlated with the severity of inflammation.	./cache/cord-310774-rpc8hrrx.txt	./txt/cord-310774-rpc8hrrx.txt