HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - Normal tumor marker results, while Stage 4?? Anybody else?

aquinis2000 · 02-24-2006, 01:21 PM

hi, I am stage four. last month my ct scans showed Ca in my liver, mediastenum
axillary nodes and breast. my onc wanted me to do more chemo, but i decided since all of those tumors were decreased in size since the last scan that I would try herceptin alone. So I have for the last month been only on herceptin, and my tumor markers this week were 8.Go figure. I don't know to trust it or not, knowing that a scan just last month showed active disease, but maybe, just maybe I'm super sensitive to the herceptin. I don't know. But like you, my tumor markers say I'm in the normal range. Maybe someone else can shed some light.

02-24-2006, 01:21 PM	#2
aquinis2000 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 51	mine are now normal hi, I am stage four. last month my ct scans showed Ca in my liver, mediastenum axillary nodes and breast. my onc wanted me to do more chemo, but i decided since all of those tumors were decreased in size since the last scan that I would try herceptin alone. So I have for the last month been only on herceptin, and my tumor markers this week were 8.Go figure. I don't know to trust it or not, knowing that a scan just last month showed active disease, but maybe, just maybe I'm super sensitive to the herceptin. I don't know. But like you, my tumor markers say I'm in the normal range. Maybe someone else can shed some light.