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If your father had colon cancer and not liver cancer, then these figures would indicate that there is a recurrence. An appropriate next step would be to consider performing imaging tests. Occasionally, the CT or MRI may not show anything especially since the CEA is only 13, in such a case the scans should be repeated after 3 months until something is found or the CEA plateus/stabilizes. There are some proponents for doing a PET scan in order to look for disease that may not be captured by CT or MRI, but this is not generally agreed as a better course of action based on current experience.
Stay positive.