The serum tumor markers carcinoembryonic antigen and neuron-specific enolase have a certain role in the diagnosis of lung cancer and can also be used as indicators of tumor recurrence after surgical intervention and chemotherapy; however, they have high false positive rates due to benign tumors, pregnancy, chronic inflammatory diseases, or other factors, reducing their reliability (Jiang et al., 2018). Here, CEACAM5 is linked to benign neoplasm.