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@dadcue What do your doctors say about the elevated pancreatic polypeptide level?

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Mike | @dadcue | Aug 10 11:25am

None of my doctors have said anything. I'm not sure who ordered the pancreatic polypeptide level or why it was ordered. A pancreatic polypeptide level isn't mentioned as a routine lab for every NET work-up. Maybe selectively for suspected pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors according to Dr. Google. As far as I know ... I'm not suspected to have a pancreatic NET.

I'm afraid to ask anyone about the level. Maybe it doesn't mean anything.