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CEA Levels for Early Stage NED
Just curious as to the CEA levels for those of you who are early stage non-metestatic NED.
The first CEA check I ever had was in September and it was 1.5. In December it was up to 1.6. (If there was a prior CEA done, I was unaware of it.) I'm not sure why he ran the test; my onc has a new lab now, so there were a number of new items on the last report.
My CA27-29 also went up; from 19.78 in August to 22.89 in November. When I asked my onc about the CEA he only replied, "It's in the normal range...normal can even be around 3.5 or higher." He never wants to elaborate on anything that is in the normal range.
I've noticed that most of you (non-metestatic) have a pretty low CEA...
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Blessings and Peace,
Barbara
DX Oct 02 @ age 52 Stage 2B Grade 3 Mastectomy
"at least" 4.5 cm IDC 1+node ER+61% /PR-
Assiciated Intraductual component with Comedo Necrosis
Her2+ FISH8.6 IHC 2+
5 1/2 CEF Arimidex
Celebrex 400mg daily for 13 months
Prophylactic mastectomy
Estradiol #: 13
PTEN positive, "late" Herceptin (26 months after chemo)
Oct 05: Actonel for osteopenia from Arimidex.
May 08: Replaced Actonel with Zometa . Taking every 6
months.
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