Guest guest Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Hi , Sorry for the late response and glad some others were able to help. You markers, if I read them correctly don't appear to be bad and as others have said, they really don't mean much. Here are my labs that led up to being listed: 190 in 9/00, 146 in 3/01, 257 on 8/14/01, 296 on 8/29/01. My tx team requested an ERCP with brushings and a PET scan. The GI said he was certain I had cancer but the brushings were inconclusive as was the PET scan. My tx team appealed to UNOS and I was transplanted 4 weeks later. They brought in a back-up recipient just in case I had cancer in or around the bile duct since they cannot (prefer not to) tx when CC is present. Turns out I didn't have cancer. Given your meld score, I certainly wouldn't think the " possibility " of having cancer based on an unreliable, not to mention, minimally elevated, CA19-9 marker. Hope the information is helpful and they make the right decision and list you A link is provided that outlines the PET scan. Darin http://www.jhbmc.jhu.edu/Imaging/pet.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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