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@abob, you and your husband have had quite the ride. He's fortunate to have you at...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1139617/
as a liquid biopsy) are looking for circulating ... tumor DNA in the blood stream. ... My oncologist has noted that the tumor ... to be shedding a certain number of cells ... tells us that it's not shedding cells
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@pdacbrca2 , CA19-9 is a helpful indicator but can't be taken as the only indicator. Fortunately...
test) with only a slight reduction in tumor ... trained understanding is that the cancer cells ... of their "Signatera" ctDNA (circulating ... quantitative measure in "Mean Tumor ... this is also only a measure of cancer cell
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@linpvc, That sounds like a difficult location, and the care that they are taking with your...
are tests that measure the CTDNA (circulating ... tumor DNA) in your blood stream. ... Those tests only work if the nodule/tumor ... are shedding enough cells for the test
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@gamaryanne , Did you mean Xeloda = Capecitabine, not cisplatin? https://www.gene.com/patients/medicines/xeloda :) @marciak9 , ctDNA is...
marciak9 , ctDNA is short for "Circulating ... Tumor DNA" -- microscopic DNA pieces ... of tumor DNA that might be floating ... matching the DNA that came from your tumor ... not quite the same thing as cfDNA (cell-free
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My husband was diagnosed with Stage 1 Lung Cancer in 2013, In 2020, it jumped to...
than good (depleting his red blood cells ... Finally, in late 2022, the tumors started ... His circulation is slowing down.
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