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Tumor marker tests - what do they mean?
Before I had the tumour out in August, 2008 these were the results:
Cancer antigen 125 7.8 {<35}
Cancer antigen 15-3 19 {<28}
Carcinoembryonic
Antigen 1.1 {<4}
August 13, 2009
Cancer antigen 125 8
Cancer antigen 15-3 22
Carcinoembryonic
Antigen 1.4
September 21, 2009
Cancer antigen 125 8.7
Cancer antigen 15-3 22
Carcinoembryonic
Antigen 1.1
While these are in normal range I wonder why the CA 125 is up from 8 to 8.7 and why the CEA dropped from 1.4 to 1.1
I also wonder why the numbers were LOWER when the tumour was still in my body. Only the CA 125 has slightly crept up.
What does the CA 125 mean in terms of numbers slightly rising? What affects it?
Nervous nelly...............that's me,
Dianne
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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