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elevated ALT (SGPT)

myAZmountain
myAZmountain CSN Member Posts: 417 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1

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!

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  • Ruthmomto4
    Ruthmomto4 CSN Member Posts: 708 Member
    #2
    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.

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  • myAZmountain
    myAZmountain CSN Member Posts: 417 Member
    #3
    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!

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  • mountainhiker
    mountainhiker CSN Member Posts: 54
    edited August 2018 #4
    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

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