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nitewind · 10-25-2007, 06:40 AM

Very interesting conversation! After reading thru I asked my oncologist about the tumor markers. He just shook his head and said, "no", " to many false positives". Now I don't know what to think! I would rather know sooner than later, personally. It makes sense that it would be easier to treat the sooner you catch it. But, my oncologist is a non believer in tumor markers. What's a person to do?
I'll continue to watch this thread, like I said, very interesting.

10-25-2007, 06:40 AM	#71
nitewind Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Ohio just a little south of Youngstown. Posts: 473	Very interesting conversation! After reading thru I asked my oncologist about the tumor markers. He just shook his head and said, "no", " to many false positives". Now I don't know what to think! I would rather know sooner than later, personally. It makes sense that it would be easier to treat the sooner you catch it. But, my oncologist is a non believer in tumor markers. What's a person to do? I'll continue to watch this thread, like I said, very interesting. __________________ Susan Age: 61 dx: 5/25/06 2 cm/ 0 nodes Lumpectomy rt breast on 7/26/06 ER/PR- / Her2+++ A/C x 4 finished taxotere 2/07 finished 33 rads Herceptin finished 12/07/07 Yippee!