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Type of Tests Required and Recommended for Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Dec 1, 2023 | Replies (5)
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@mayoconnectuser1

I am not a medical professional.

Many tests are needed to confirm, but if you go to the closest testing group and get a CA 19-9 test you can get some indication.

If you can get your PCP to schedule it, great - if not, go and pay for it - the cost is not significant. Time is of the essence.

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Peter S (Aussie) | @spicerpa | Dec 1, 2023

just be careful re the CA 19-9 test. I have stage 4 pancreatic cancer and the CA19-9 doesn't show anything in my case. It is not definitive. It was only the CT scan followed by a liver biopsy that 100% confirmed it...even then because of the CA19-9 not being indicative, they also did a PET scan.

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