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fullofbeans · 01-10-2010, 01:47 PM

Firstly happy 2010 to all and may we all fare well this year.

My tumour marker is for the first time over for the normal 35 i.e it is 46 for CA125 but not for the CA 15-3 i.e 14

Has anyone ever had false positive???? I think that the CA125 can be unreliable particularly for pre menauposal females but has it has been normal for 3 years..

I was increased when I was diagnosed but became normal ever since I was NED.

I am a bit anxious about it when I think about it, which I am trying to put aside..

I guess I just wanted to tell someone to because I do not want to worry friends and family until I get the next tumour marker results and see what it says.. that is it crying now..so fed up with the uncertainty..

01-10-2010, 01:47 PM	#1
fullofbeans Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 617	increased CA125 but not CA 15-3 Firstly happy 2010 to all and may we all fare well this year. My tumour marker is for the first time over for the normal 35 i.e it is 46 for CA125 but not for the CA 15-3 i.e 14 Has anyone ever had false positive???? I think that the CA125 can be unreliable particularly for pre menauposal females but has it has been normal for 3 years.. I was increased when I was diagnosed but became normal ever since I was NED. I am a bit anxious about it when I think about it, which I am trying to put aside.. I guess I just wanted to tell someone to because I do not want to worry friends and family until I get the next tumour marker results and see what it says.. that is it crying now..so fed up with the uncertainty.. __________________ 35 y/o June 06: BC stage I Grade 3; ER/PR neg Her-2+++; lumpectomies Aug 06: Stage IV liver mets: 6 tumours July 06 to Jan 07: 2FEC+6Taxotere; 3*TACE; LITT March 07- Sept 07: Vaccination trial (phase 2, peptide based) at the UW (Seattle). Herceptin since 2006 NED til Oct 09 Recurrence Oct 2009: to internal mammary gland since October 2009 missed on Oct and March 2010 scan.. palpable nodes in May 2010 when I realised.. Nov 2011:7 mets to lungs progressing fast failed hercp/tykerb/xeloda combo.. superior vena cava blocked: stent but face remains puffy April 2012: Teresa Trial, randomised to TDM1 Nov 2012 progressing on TDM1 Dec 2012 blockage of my airways by tumours, obliteration of these blocking tumours breathing better but hoping for more- at mo too many tumours to count in the lungs and nodes. Dec 2012 Starting new trial S-222611 phase 1b dual egfr her2+ inhibitor. 'Under no circumstances should you lose hope..' Dalai Lama