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A 46-year-old female asked:

History of invasive breast cancer since 2006. oncologist ran a ctc test, came back positive with level of 1 ctc. does this mean i have metastasis now?

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Dr. James Lin
A Verified Doctoranswered
Urology 53 years experience
Ask your ordering dr: Glad you have well survived from invasive breast cancer. Your current CTC 0f 1 suggests your further survival is very favorable; that's good clinically. For more, review article in https://www.cellsearchctc.com/clinical-applications/interpretation-of-results. Of course, it would be most logical to ask the ordering oncologist since s/he knows more about your individual conditions than anyone online
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