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Had colon cancer and now CEA is rising: Scared

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Mar 4 11:07am | Replies (81)
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@lida55

Thanks a lot for your heartful reply and hope you gave me which i need it a lot
Best wishes for you.
My question is that why this trend is rising although there is some fallings but the whole package is rising.
Like this... 1, 1.1, 2, 1, 2.3, 3, 4, 3.3, 4.3, 4,1, 4.6
How far is it going to rise.one day it will reach 10 or 20 ???????!!!!!!!😥

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roywalton | @roywalton | Feb 24 10:48am

Please understand that with this type of testing (biological antigen) those numbers really do not mean "a change". Biological test values have inherently alot of variability and these "differences" are not significant. CEA is an inexpensive and acceptable early indicator for new cancer, but really isn't very good for surveillance. I would not even think about it until it gets close to 20. Hope that helps.

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