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The classic 'CEA' tumour marker measured in blood, also present on the cell surface where ADCs can reach it. This dossier gathers the 1 product (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

GPI-anchored adhesion molecule; shed into circulation as the serum CEA marker.

Where it is found
  • Colorectal
  • Gastric
  • Lung adenocarcinoma
  • Pancreatic
Class: surface antigen · Gene: CEACAM5 · Facts checked 2026-09-04 · Target page

Elsewhere: identifiers and databases

Built from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL ids

How common it is, by cancer

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CancerPrevalenceSource
Colorectal cancer
80-90%
Wikipedia
Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer
50-60%
Wikipedia
Non-small-cell lung cancer
20-25%
Wikipedia

Approximate, population-level figures; the measure column says what was counted. Ranges show the midpoint as a bar.

Products by modality and phase

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ModalityWithdrawn or failed
ADC
1

No trial in the corpus names this target or one of its products.

Resistance routes that involve this target

Unaddressed routes →

The resistance atlas has no route that names this target.

Pathways where it is a node

Pathway-to-drug matrix →

No pathway diagram carries this target as a node.

Companion diagnostics and assays

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No companion diagnostic in the registry measures this target.

Preclinical models

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No model entry for this target yet; check the cancer entries on the models page.

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Ideas and companies

Companies with products against it · 1

Key papers and the live literature

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Latest papers · live from Europe PMC
Open in Europe PMC

Query for this target: (TITLE:"CEACAM5" OR ABSTRACT:"CEACAM5") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about CEACAM5, not a curated reading list.

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The dossier as machine-readable JSON: identifiers from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL, products with status, trials, pathways, hotspots, open questions and assays. The full entity record is in the open API at /api/v1/entities/ceacam5.json. Licence CC BY 4.0.