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Re: CA 125 as marker for endo? From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net) Thu Mar 8 05:03:15 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: B.: "Re: HEADACKS" Previous message: B.: "Re: ENDO SPECIALIST IN CA." At Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Jean wrote: > >Melissa wrote: >> >>I just went to a new OB/Gyn today and he told me that a marker in the blood >>CA-125 ( Detected mainly in breast and ovarian cancer patients) shows >>elevation in women with endo. A normal range is 25, cancers show about 200 >>and above and women with active endo are somewhere in the middle. Has >>anyone else heard of this? I am semi-new to this group so if this topic has >>already come up ignore me. I > >Hi Melissa, > >I use to have CA 125 blood tests done ever 3 months. It is mainly used to >watch cancer. It is not that accurate a mark for endometriosis. I had the >tests done for 2 years every 3 months. AT the end of the two years, I had a >lap done. I was in a good deal of pain. The endo was back. The CA 125 >never moved. > >The reason I had the CA125 in the first place, is because of a borderline >tumor. The doctors wanted to watch for cancer. Now that the ovary was >removed, I don't have CA125 anymore ( Doctors choice ). He said we could do >them once a year, but it wasn't an accurate mark. > >I hope this helps. >Jean Next message: B.: "Re: HEADACKS" Previous message: B.: "Re: ENDO SPECIALIST IN CA."

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