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@hikerlou

My CA 27.29 antigen was rapidly increasing. No symptoms. I had CT of abdomen and chest along with bone scan. The CT show a liver lesion. I then had a MRI of abdomen and a liver biopsy. The cancer was in Segment 7 of the liver. I underwent an ablation and am now 1 year out and scans look good.
My oncologist is also following Signatera lab. It is positive for circulating tumor DNA. At this time she is monitoring q3 months to see if it is rising or falling.

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@hikerlou
How long in between was it from your first cancer to when you found the new cancer?

@hikerlou I am 10 years out from a nasty grade 3 cancer with LVI, but no chemo according to the Oncotype. After my 5 years of letrozole my oncologist no longer sees me even though risk goes up with hormonal cancers. My oncologist does not do the cancer marker blood tests and Signatera is used only after stage 4 is diagnosed.

With 7 spinal osteoporotic fractures, cervical and lumbar stenosis, scoliosis, and osteoarthritis, of course I have pain so how am I supposed to tell if cancer has spread. Some of mine was lobular which is hard to image. I have no breasts to scan.