elevated ALT (SGPT)

myAZmountain

Sitting here waithing for my 6th round of Folfox/Avastin. Has anyne had high levels of ALT and AST? Mine are sky high but Bilirubin is fine. Thanks for any input!

Ruthmomto4

Is your

alkaline Phosphatase high as well? It’s not uncommon for the level to go up with chemo, if the bilirubin isn’t elevated that’s actually a good thing.

myAZmountain

thanks Ruth

Bilirubin is fine--thanks for your input, the oncology nurse seemed worried by I had skipped one cycle of chemo for infected port removal reinsertion and all lab work bounced back to normal, this was my lab draw oafter 2 cycles Folfox and the liver damage labs zoomed up a bit so sure its chemo --going to hold on to that being a sign chemo is working!

mountainhiker

myAZmountain said:

thanks Ruth

Bilirubin is fine--thanks for your input, the oncology nurse seemed worried by I had skipped one cycle of chemo for infected port removal reinsertion and all lab work bounced back to normal, this was my lab draw oafter 2 cycles Folfox and the liver damage labs zoomed up a bit so sure its chemo --going to hold on to that being a sign chemo is working!

Hey myAZmountain

Chemo can most certainly cause elevated liver numbers.  My situation was a bit different than yours since I was getting liver directed chemo via an HAI pump.  But my numbers shot up so high after the second round that I had to skip round three.  In fact, I was violently ill for about 10 days.  I thought it was a stomach virus, but my oncologist believes it was a result of my liver numbers being so high.  Give it time and the numbers usually come back down to normal.

mountainhiker