CEACAM5 and neoplasm: In an analysis conducted by Ammar A. Javed et al. regarding the prognostic factors for long-term survival in operated pancreatic cancer patients, the following were identified as predictive factors for long-term survival: gender, body mass index, preoperative levels of CA 19.9, CEA, and albumin, pathologic T-stage, lymphovascular and perineural invasion, tumor stage, lymph node disease, metastatic disease, adjuvant therapy, vascular resection, operative blood loss, and perioperative blood transfusion [29].