elevating Ca 15-3

plamen

My mother had a mastectomy due to ILC stage 1 with 1 positive node near the tumor HER2- on May 2007. 6 months later her Ca 15-3 was normal, but at the next exams it began to grow to 26, 40 and it is 88 now. All other examinations were normal. On January 2009 when Ca 15-3 was 40 on the gynecological exam a papiloma coli uteri was diagnosed and it was removed on April. Although the marker continue growing. We made a thorax and abdomen CT on February, it was also normal. She also have a candida infection.

Did anybody have this problem before? What more should we do? Thank you!

Seabee

Elevated CA can be caused by a number of things, which is why by itself if it not considered a definite cancer marker. Do whatever your doctor thinks best.