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Barbara · 12-13-2005, 11:04 AM

Havah2I understand your state of mind. My CA 27-29 jumps around also. The highest it has reached is 26. My last scare was this fall. My CA 27-29 was 10 In June, 10 in July, 13 in August and 13 in September and then in October is was 20 and I was scared. I asked for a HER2 blood test and it was 5.5 on a scale of 5.1-13 so I felt better and then in November my CA 27-29 was back to 9, a all time low. So don't panic yet. It may be OK. You may want to ask your oncologist to run the ELISA HER2 blood test as some studies have shown it to be the most sensitve rising an average of nine months before mets are clinically present. My oncologist will run any test I ask for to give me peace of mind.

Barb

12-13-2005, 11:04 AM	#2
Barbara Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Payson, Arizona Posts: 96	CA 27-29 Results Havah2I understand your state of mind. My CA 27-29 jumps around also. The highest it has reached is 26. My last scare was this fall. My CA 27-29 was 10 In June, 10 in July, 13 in August and 13 in September and then in October is was 20 and I was scared. I asked for a HER2 blood test and it was 5.5 on a scale of 5.1-13 so I felt better and then in November my CA 27-29 was back to 9, a all time low. So don't panic yet. It may be OK. You may want to ask your oncologist to run the ELISA HER2 blood test as some studies have shown it to be the most sensitve rising an average of nine months before mets are clinically present. My oncologist will run any test I ask for to give me peace of mind. Barb