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tumour markers

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littlebroccoli · 22/06/2014 13:18

Just a quick question, DP diagnosed 3 months ago with stomach cancer, 4cm tumour, mets to upper and lower lymphs, classed as stage 4, inoperable. 2 months into chemo, after 1st round bloods are showing tumour markers have decreased from 228 to 54.....is this something to be getting excited about? or is this pretty normal?

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penguinpaperback · 22/06/2014 13:33

Hi, it certainly sounds very good news to me. I have secondary breast cancer and have certain tumour markers taken when I'm on treatment. The Oncologist will look for a trend in markers, decreasing markers indicate a treatment is working and an upward trend usually means that particular treatment is no longer effective.
More info here,
labtestsonline.org.uk/ Best wishes to you both.

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littlebroccoli · 22/06/2014 13:38

Thank you Penguin and thanks for the link. Wishing you all the very best in fighting off your secondary.