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Re: CA 125 of 103 From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Thu Feb 9 06:05:42 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: CA 125 of 103" Previous message: Joe: "Re: CA 125 of 103" In reply to: Joanne Bulley, MD: "CA 125 of 103" Next in thread: l.glazerman@rcn.com: "Re: CA 125 of 103" Fibroids are known to elevate CA125 ... Why was CA125 ordered in first place? You seem to be chasing a lab test rather than screening for Cancer. I would: pass on the MRI and repeat the CA125 after two cycles - making sure to preform in early follicular phase. Art At Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote: > >mid 40s woman 2 or 3 kids, tubes tied. > >US shows fibroids and what appears to be two cysts back to back on one >ovary. Pretty benign appearance by US. No free fluid. > >Repeated in 6 weeks showing about the same with a cyst on the other >ovary also. > >CA 125 is 103. > >Radiologists say it looks pretty benign and suggests follow up in 3 >months if direct visualization is not done. Second radiologist says do >MRI now if not doing direct vis. > >My gut says to look now. > >Would you > >1. Send to Gyn Onc for surgical evaluation for maximal debulking in >case it is CA? > >2. Do the Lapscope yourself with the probability of it being fibroids >and endometriosis as the cause of both the findings on US and the CA12 >of 103 > >3. Do an MRI and if still fairly benign repeat some imaging at some >future point (if so - what and when and labs)? > >4. Something else? > >-- >Joanne Bulley, MD >Keene, NH, USA > -- art fougner, md Buy Danish! Next message: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: CA 125 of 103" Previous message: Joe: "Re: CA 125 of 103" In reply to: Joanne Bulley, MD: "CA 125 of 103" Next in thread: l.glazerman@rcn.com: "Re: CA 125 of 103"

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