Tumor markers elevated

Hopepraylove2017

Hi everyone! I'm writing here for my mom. She is 5 1/2 years out from a stage 3 diagnosis. She got a double mastectomy, chemo, & is currently on Armdix (not sure if I'm spelling that correctly). Over the years, she's had many ups and downs with her labs. High calcium, high WBC, low WBC, her meds have had to be adjusted several times but thank God, all has turned out to be fine. But this last lab came back her tumor markers were elevated. Her usual normal is 10/11 and today, her dr said they were 21. I know normal is under 32, but I believe her WBC was Also elevated to 10k. So dr as ordered a CAT scan & bone scan. I'm feeling freaking out! Any insight is a

YATCOMW

Not a doctor........but If her WBC was high she probably has some infection.....which probably means she has some inflammation somewhere...this (inflammation) will elevate her tumor numbers......so it could very well mean there is a benign reason for it to be elevated.....it is why so many doctors won't do tumor markers. 21 is still in normal range and is my "normal" number.

Hang in there.....could really be nothing.

Jacqueline

Hopepraylove2017

thanks for responding. Yes, Im hoping this is the case