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CA level

Rayman
Rayman CSN Member Posts: 11
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I need a little help here understanding what a CA level is. My Doc told me this morning that my CA levels are normal, not sure exactly what that means.
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  • neon356
    neon356 CSN Member Posts: 137 Member
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    I'm not sure what CA level
    I'm not sure what CA level is, maybe he said CEA?. That's a measure of a cancer specific antigen used to assess active cancer.
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  • Nana b
    Nana b CSN Member Posts: 3,030 Member
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    neon356 said:

    I'm not sure what CA level
    I'm not sure what CA level is, maybe he said CEA?. That's a measure of a cancer specific antigen used to assess active cancer.

    5
    My ONC said 1-5 was normal. I am at 2. But, you should ask too, my onc didn't say that was normal for me, just the normal range.
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  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh CSN Member Posts: 4,392 Member
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    2 Kinds of Levels
    Ray

    Are you wanting CEA level?

    Or CA-19 9? This is another test that is done for indications of cancer activity in the liver and for the pancreas.

    Normal ranges for both are:

    CEA
    0-3 for non smoker
    3-6 for smokers

    CA-19 9
    0-37 is considered normal.

    -Craig
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