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StephN · 05-12-2005, 05:55 AM

Hi Pam -
First of all - do you get Zometa? This is a good drug that will help your bones. I have been taking it for over three years now.

I was curious about your question so asked the nurses at my cancer center today.
A couple of them said they had seen patients with consistently higher than normal CA27-29 that were actually stable with the counts varying a lot.
One woman that was mentioned has been in this state for about 2 years and takes only mild chemo to stay that way - did not get which chemo she gets, only that there are patients out there who are in your same boat who stabilize with high markers for long periods.

There is an assumption that if the disease is somewhat active (and we all this to some degree) that the markers will pick up the activity, and if the markers vary and do not ONLY go up, this is a sign that the body is working. Wait till a few more analyses before you get too worked up.

05-12-2005, 05:55 AM	#5
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Hi Pam - First of all - do you get Zometa? This is a good drug that will help your bones. I have been taking it for over three years now. I was curious about your question so asked the nurses at my cancer center today. A couple of them said they had seen patients with consistently higher than normal CA27-29 that were actually stable with the counts varying a lot. One woman that was mentioned has been in this state for about 2 years and takes only mild chemo to stay that way - did not get which chemo she gets, only that there are patients out there who are in your same boat who stabilize with high markers for long periods. There is an assumption that if the disease is somewhat active (and we all this to some degree) that the markers will pick up the activity, and if the markers vary and do not ONLY go up, this is a sign that the body is working. Wait till a few more analyses before you get too worked up.