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tousled1 · 09-25-2006, 10:48 AM

Cheryl,

Your CA27-29 can and will be affected by many things, drugs being one of them. Also, if you have a slight infection going on. My oncologist will do the test any time I ask for it but she does not put too much emphasis on them. According to her they are unreliable. I know it's difficult not to think about the result of the test and what the next one will be but remember you have lots of support from the women/men on this board.

09-25-2006, 10:48 AM	#2
tousled1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Acworth, GA Posts: 2,104	Cheryl, Your CA27-29 can and will be affected by many things, drugs being one of them. Also, if you have a slight infection going on. My oncologist will do the test any time I ask for it but she does not put too much emphasis on them. According to her they are unreliable. I know it's difficult not to think about the result of the test and what the next one will be but remember you have lots of support from the women/men on this board. __________________ Kate Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58) ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2% Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006 14 of 26 nodes positive Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007 Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006 BRCA1/BRCA2 negative Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking. March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra