Abstract:Objective To investigate the associations of CEA, CA199, MMP7 gene -181A/G polymorphism, MMP9 gene P574R polymorphism with the incidence of colorectal cancer. Methods A total of 500 cases of healthy physical examination were raised and divided into high-expression group and normal group according to the serum levels of CEA and CA199, and the incidence of colorectal cancer was statistically detected. Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism was used to analyze the frequency of MMP7 gene -181A/G and MMP9 gene P574R single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). And the correlations of the SNPs with clinical indexes were analyzed. Results The incidence of colorectal cancer in the high-expression group was higher than that in the normal group (P < 0.05) and the patients with MMP7 GG +AG genotype were more in the high-expression group than in the normal group (P < 0.05). G allele frequency in the high-expression group was higher than that in the normal group (P < 0.05). There was no obvious difference in the MMP9 PP or PR+RR genotype expression between the two groups (P > 0.05). The frequency of MMP7 GG+AG genotype in colorectal cancer patients was higher than that in the healthy people (P < 0.05), while the frequency of MMP9 PR+RR or PP genotype was not significantly different between the patients and the healthy people (P > 0.05). MMP7 and MMP9 gene polymorphisms were associated with TNM staging and lymphatic metastasis (P < 0.05). Conclusions CA199 and CEA have some clinical value in early diagnosis of colorectal cancer. MMP7-181 GG+AG and MMP9 P574R PP genotypes may be related to the occurrence and development of colorectal cancer.