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Ca 19.9 is about 74. did a ct scan for pancreas and no adverse findings. does this call for regular checks moving forward to ensure that i am ok?
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Probably not: Guidelines from the american society of clinical oncology discourage the use of ca19-9 as a screening test for cancer, particularly pancreatic cancer. The reason is that the test may be falsely normal (false negative) in many cases, or abnormally elevated in people who have no cancer at all (false positive). The main use of ca19-9 is therefore to see whether a pancreatic tumor is secreting it; if.
Answered 7/22/2013
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