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Re: Tumor Markers?
In my country tumor markers (blood tests) are only used to monitor Stage IV disease's response to treatment. This means that once you have mets, your tumor markers are determined. If they go down during treatment, that's an indication that the treatment is probably working. They tested my tumor markers prior to surgery, but they were well within normal range. So they would not have been useful for me anyway. But then, I wasn't Stage IV, so there.
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Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.
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