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Concerned about increase in CA 19 score during treatment
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Feb 21 8:35am | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
CA 19-9 can be affected by a lot of things including a cold, infection digestion problems or bile duct clogging. Histotripsy is also one of them. I have a friend that had histotripsy on his pancreas 6 months ago and his CA 19-9 has ben elevated ever since. This marker is unreliable all the time.
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@mcharlesfrancis agreed. My husbands CA19-9 was very elevated after he developed jaundice, they discovered his bike duct was blocked with CT and saw the tumor only with MRI (MRCP). It then dropped again after stints were placed with ERCp, biopsy was positive for PADC. Since his stints were placed his CA9-19 has been normal. And CT scans do not show tumor. I often wonder why they only do CT scans when the tumor isn’t visible.