http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2009/11/colorectal_cancer_news_in_brief_november_16 We envision victory over colorectal cancer Wed, 23 May 2012 21:37:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2009/11/colorectal_cancer_news_in_brief_november_16/comment-page-1#comment-2637 Linda Mikel Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:53:29 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=6494#comment-2637 How high can the CEA numbers go up when a patient is not responding to chemotheraphy treatment? Were are the numbers usually when a patient is near death? How high can the CEA numbers go up when a patient is not responding to chemotheraphy treatment? Were are the numbers usually when a patient is near death?

]]> http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2009/11/colorectal_cancer_news_in_brief_november_16/comment-page-1#comment-2399 Robin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:15:34 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=6494#comment-2399 My CEA blood test was 1.95 when I went in to surgery to have a eight inch cancerous tumor removed. After surgery and during a short bout of chemo my CEA blood test was 2.50. Now six months later it is 1.30. I don't believe how the CEA test is an accurate indicator that cancer is there. (At age 50 I had my first colonsocopy as a routine wellness visit. Eighteen months later I had Stage IIA colon cancer having 10" of my sigmond colon removed). The five to ten year follow up colonoscopy should not be given as a general rule of thumb. If I had waited even six more months, I shudder to think what my cancer stage would have been! I thought my symptoms were a result of something I had eaten! Not until I noticed blood in my stools did I go in to see my gastrologist. I never had a gastrolgist before my 50 year old check! I am not aware of any colon cancer in my family. My CEA blood test was 1.95 when I went in to surgery to have a eight inch cancerous tumor removed. After surgery and during a short bout of chemo my CEA blood test was 2.50. Now six months later it is 1.30. I don’t believe how the CEA test is an accurate indicator that cancer is there. (At age 50 I had my first colonsocopy as a routine wellness visit. Eighteen months later I had Stage IIA colon cancer having 10″ of my sigmond colon removed). The five to ten year follow up colonoscopy should not be given as a general rule of thumb. If I had waited even six more months, I shudder to think what my cancer stage would have been! I thought my symptoms were a result of something I had eaten! Not until I noticed blood in my stools did I go in to see my gastrologist. I never had a gastrolgist before my 50 year old check! I am not aware of any colon cancer in my family.

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