Hi roadrunner, Thank you for answer. There's definitely something not related to COVID-19 which made CEA value to have been increasing since January of this year, but I'm more concerned about the last jump from 11 to 95, is it just a recurrence or COVID-19 infection also contributed to it.. seems a ...

Hello everyone This is first time I've started a topic but I'm following this forum since my mom diagnosis. In September 2018 she was diagnosed with rectal cancer, the tumor was very big, it grew into vaginal wall and made a fistula. It was a complicated case but we found a great surgeon to remove e...

Hi Sevilla, Good to know that your mother is getting care from some of the best doctors in your country. She is very fortunate in that regard. I wanted to point out that in some very rare situations, rising CEA is difficult to explain. The paper listed below was published this year from the Netherl...

skb , I saw your direct message but as I'm a new user I'm not allowed to send private messages yet. Anyway I'll answer here that we are from Russia and had a treatment in Moscow. We have one of the best colorectal surgeon and oncologist in our country so I rely on them so much but still didn't get ...

Sevilla2023, Before the PET and biopsy confirmed cancer, I was thinking that the rising CEA could be something triggered by Covid vaccine or it could be because of lab test assay getting old and recording erroneous values. I was wrong. Did your mother get a Covid vaccine early this year? Was there ...

Hello, I wish you to start a treatment as soon as possible. I'm following your story for some period because my mom has kind of the same situation but our oncologist do not ask to do a PET yet... CT only and it's clean for 2 times in a row. I'm worrying so much about it but what makes me think it's ...