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In metastatic breast cancer what does elevated esr mean?
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Not much: It is a non specific test which means it can increase in all kinds of ailments such as chronic infections(TB for example and in Chronic arthritis) and in many different Cancers. So it is not useful test for Breast Cancer....pure waste of money!
Answered 1/21/2017
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