Tests for Monitoring Ovarian Cancer

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know what tumor markers (tests) should be followed for ovarian

cancer specifically?

Hugs,

Rose

From: rapaccini.carlo

-to monitor colon cancer, my husband is doing abdominal ultrasounds...also, he

is doing tumor markers in the blood: cea, ca 19-9, LDH,ca 125and ca 72-4, but

these markers are not very reliable. Monitoring the disease causes a lot of

anxiety, but i think that " blind " treatment id dangerous and that recurrences,

caught early, are less difficult to treat. " Targeted Diagnostics and

Therapeutics " (www.tdtinc.com)offers the GCC-B1 blood test for surveillance of

colon cancer, but it is expensive..karla

[Guest guest]

For ovarian cancer, the test is the CA-125.

ar

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:25:28 -0800, " Gypsy Rose "

<gypsy___rose@...> said:

> Does anyone know what tumor markers (tests) should be followed for

> ovarian cancer specifically?

>

> Hugs,

> Rose

>

--

Arlyn Grant

arlynsg@...