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What are the necessary blood tests after treatment of breast cancer to detect if your ok . is ca 125 important?
12 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not Ca 125 : Tumor marker ca 125 is not important in breast cancer is more for ovarian cancer and also non specific. Unfortunately for breast cancer there is no specific tumor markers, how ever ca 15.3 ca 27.29and CEA levels found to useful for monitoring recurrences.
Answered 12/13/2016
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No: Ca-125 not important for breast cancer. Good test for ovarian cancer. The most important things are routine physical exam. Most recurrences are found by the patient or the physician. Hope this helps. No routine blood tests have been shown to be of benefit. However, if someone received chemotherapy, i typically check blood because they received chemo.
Answered 3/15/2014
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