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Type of Tests Required and Recommended for Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Dec 1, 2023 | Replies (5)Comment receiving replies
Hello @dmac70 and welcome to Mayo Connect. On the American Cancer website there is a list of tests that are used to diagnose pancreatic cancer. Here is a link to the information.
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/pancreatic-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/how-diagnosed.html
If you are seeing an oncologist, he/she will probably determine the type of tests needed. Is your concern about pancreatic cancer due a previous cancer diagnosis? Have you lost weight?
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Hi Hopeful,
Yes, I have loss weight over the 2 weeks my symptoms started due to loss of appetite.
Never weighed myself, so I only know because my clothes are looser fitting.
I did get a colonoscopy performed a week ago due to my symptoms and my family history ( father died from colon cancer) but it came back clear.
Because of my continuing symptoms ( which are listed in my original post) I am requesting to be tested for pancreatic cancer. Unfortunately, the oncologist can not see me before 14/12/23. However, in the meantime, I did manage to organize CA19 -9 blood test for tomorrow as everybody is saying to be proactive and not delay testing.
Hoping that I get positive results. Thank you for the additional helpful information and replying to my post.