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I had the Whipple 6 1/2 years ago, in January I had my left lung removed because of cancer. My CA-19 numbers went down to 13. Two months later the went to 256, now two more months they are up over 2000. My ct scan doesn't show any cancer, but with the pet scan in could be in my right shoulder, but doctor thinks its arthritis. I also lost my voice which they said there was no cancer there....I'm so worried. any thoughts

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I don't understand the CA-19 numbers, my husband has stage 3 pancreatic cancer, it is not operable. But the numbers are so low, they have been creeping up, but the highest is 26! So many people have very high numbers, with clear scans, I don't understand this test and start to question it's value.