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al from Canada · 12-21-2005, 07:52 PM

The trouble with tumor markers is that they have no statistical reliability across all markers: HER2, E, P, TOPO2, C-myc, HER1, .........

It is not until you've spent years documenting, analysing, and tabulating (like Gina) that you can say within the 90th percentile that your tumor markers mean what you think they mean.
So, until you get the results of your PET, please relax.

Take care,
Al

12-21-2005, 07:52 PM	#7
al from Canada Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 722	The trouble with tumor markers is that they have no statistical reliability across all markers: HER2, E, P, TOPO2, C-myc, HER1, ......... It is not until you've spent years documenting, analysing, and tabulating (like Gina) that you can say within the 90th percentile that your tumor markers mean what you think they mean. So, until you get the results of your PET, please relax. Take care, Al __________________ Primary care-giver to and advocate for Linda, who passed away April 27, 2006.