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Becky · 05-02-2007, 07:22 PM

There are 2 marker tests used. CA 27/29 is newer. An older marker that is used is CA 15/3. Your Primary care physician can draw your blood and send it off to a lab to measure these for you. If you have pain for longer than 2-3 weeks and it is getting harder to control that pain, you should have it checked out asap to rule out anything - could be you broke a rib or have something unrelated to cancer that needs to be dealt with.

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05-02-2007, 07:22 PM	#2
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	There are 2 marker tests used. CA 27/29 is newer. An older marker that is used is CA 15/3. Your Primary care physician can draw your blood and send it off to a lab to measure these for you. If you have pain for longer than 2-3 weeks and it is getting harder to control that pain, you should have it checked out asap to rule out anything - could be you broke a rib or have something unrelated to cancer that needs to be dealt with. Hug to you __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"