Age, high ASA-PSC, right-sided tumours, pT3d-, pN1a-, and pN2b-subclassification, increased LNR, high-grade malignancy, vascular and perineural invasion, no adjuvant treatment, pre- and postoperative CEA, and CRP correlated with increased hazard of mortality in unadjusted analyses. Here, CEACAM5 is linked to neoplasm.