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Paty · 01-10-2010, 07:45 PM

Hi full of beans,

I do not think you should worry till you talk to your doctor to see what further studies he/she recommends. Ca-125 is not a 100% reliable test and there are many factors that intervene to give you a false positive. Since this is a test for ovarian cancer, you may need to get other studies to determine what is your real status. Recommendations suggest to see a ginecologist-oncologist for an opinion, but before that see what your doctor recommends. I do not think that you should worry too much, but any way, check it as soon as you can.

01-10-2010, 07:45 PM	#5
Paty Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cordoba, Mexico Posts: 672	Re: increased CA125 but not CA 15-3 Hi full of beans, I do not think you should worry till you talk to your doctor to see what further studies he/she recommends. Ca-125 is not a 100% reliable test and there are many factors that intervene to give you a false positive. Since this is a test for ovarian cancer, you may need to get other studies to determine what is your real status. Recommendations suggest to see a ginecologist-oncologist for an opinion, but before that see what your doctor recommends. I do not think that you should worry too much, but any way, check it as soon as you can. __________________ Dx. June 30th, 2006 at age 43 Lumpectomy rt breast 2.2 cm tumor, 13 nodes all negative ER-PR+,her2+++ 6 FAC 32 Rads Dx. Lung fibrosis due to radiation Ended 1 year herceptin in March, 2008