Good afternoon,
My husband has Stage IV pancreatic cancer that has metastasized to the liver, perineum, and possibly a couple lymph nodes. He had a stent placed this week to help with a blocked kidney ureter and then had his 13th round of chemo yesterday. Because he is on a trial they do extensive labs every 2 weeks. Two weeks ago his CA19.9 was rising but not drastically. It was at 2,819 on the 25th of March and his labs yesterday report a CA19.9 of ">34,000. The office did confirm for me that this is not a typo and moved his scan up from May to two weeks from now. Has anyone else had a drastic jump like this? His CEA is also rising slowly, it is at 3.8 now I believe. When he was diagnosed in August of 2023 the highest CA19.9 he ever had was just over 10,000. I am slightly panicking at this new lab value. Any experience or insight on this that can be shared would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.