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SoConfused
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Happy Holidays! Would appreciate your feedback.

Postby SoConfused » Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:37 am

I'd like to start by wishing you and yours peace, prosperity, health & great happiness this joyous holiday season and during the year ahead.

I am hoping for your feedback - I had a recent scan (2 weeks ago) that showed no evidence of disease. During the same follow up, my CEA was tested and it came back at 0.8. It has been less than 0.5 for three years ... do I have cause for concern here? My next CEA check is at the end of January with next scans in March.

Thanks in advance.
Stage IV CC

JDinNC
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Re: Happy Holidays! Would appreciate your feedback.

Postby JDinNC » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:19 am

I'm no expert but your CEA is well below the normal range even with your little bump up. I wouldn't worry especially since your scan came back negative...making you NED

Which is A very nice Christmas gift.... :D
61 y/o female @ DX...........
T3N0M1
6/13 DX- stage 4
Sigmoid colon cancer.
One met to lung
7/13 colon resection
8/13 lung resection
7/17 four years....NED
8/18 five years....NED
MELANOMA
63 y/o @ DX
6/15 stage 2a
7/15 surgery on arm
7/15 NED
4/16 recurrance
5/16 remove metastasis from back
5/16. Started immunotherapy
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Bev G
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Re: Happy Holidays! Would appreciate your feedback.

Postby Bev G » Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:04 am

Hi, and happy holidays. ANY change in CEA to the RIGHT of the decimal point is statistically and clinically meaningless.No worries about this!

Best wishes,

Bev
58 yo Type1 DM 48 years
12/09 Stage IV 2/22 nodes + liver met, colon resec
3 tx FOLFIRI, liver resec 4/10
9/10 6 mos off chemo, Neg PET&CTC CEA nl
2/11 finished total 10 rounds chemo

9/13 ^17th clean PET/CT NED for now


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