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Low CEA

After reading various posts and seeing scores all over the place when I finally got mine I was surprised. It was 1.3. From what I've read that's within the range of a person without cancer. The last couple blood works that came back do show some elevation in white cell activity over the initial readings which is expected due to the 15 chemo/radiation runs but even then it's still within what's considered 'normal'. Going back to the biopsy which also came back negative if it weren't for the visual evidence I'd never know I had cancer except for the pain and bathroom issues. Does anyone else have low scores or is this an anomoly? I'm just curious since it seems the tests done are not always as conclusive as we'd like.
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CEA
My CEA was something like .5 when I went in for surgery for cancer which turned out to be State 3. For some people CEA is not a reliable indicator. Additionally, I had an inconclusive biopsy. Hopefully for you these indicators will hold true, but they are not predictive for everyone.
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CEA has been a good indicator for me..
Before surgery (almpost two years) my CEA was 13.8. After surgery it was 2.7. It pretty much stayed the same during Oxaliplatin and Xeloda treatment.
Six months after treatment I had a recurrence and my CEA rose th 9.8. I have blood test done every 2-3 weeks during Xeloda and Avastin treatment. It started going down 8, 7.6, 7.2, 7, 6.6 and then went down to 4.6 this week.
My last PET/CT showed minor shrinkage and no spread.
For me it's a good indicator.
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