Re: High CA 125 values without ovaries?

From: madiba (down_at_thekraal.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:34:33 +0200

Your m-in-law has a recurrence of ovarian cancer. This is not benign
disease, this is not an inflammation. She now has metastatic lymph
nodes. Get a CT abdomen and CXR done for a complete restaging.
The tumor marker is rising since May and no-one is doing anything? She
will die soon if nothing is done, explain to her that her best hope lies
in chemo, a debulking operation may also be necessary.

madiba

heinzA <heinz.amler@aon.at> wrote:

> In september 2001 my mother-in-law (born 1931) had a malignant tumor
> removed with her ovaries and uterus. The tumor was still closed and no
> metastases traceable. To be on the sure side a chemotherapy in 6 doses
> was applied.
> Since then she had her blood examined on a regular basis. Everything
> was allright until this spring when she found a small knot of about
> half inch size by palpation in her abdomen. She went to her doctor and
> had her blood examined again and this time, the value of CA 125 was
> 209 u/ml (5.10.2004). The following examinations showed values of 211
> (6.4.2004) and 351 (7.22.2004) and the knot has grown another quarter
> inch.
> The diagnosis of her doctor is: Neo ovarii 1c G3 op 9.01; St.p.PCT,
> susp. Metas. lymphknot (what does this all mean translated to regular
> speech?).
> Is it really possible to have high values of CA 125 which I learned is
> an indicator of ovary cancer primarily, if the ovaries and uterus have
> been removed some years ago?
> Is it possible for the knot in her abdomen to be of the benign species
> although the CA 125 values are high and there is some other reason for
> the high values?
> My mother-in-law now fears it will all start again, with chemotherapy
> being very painful last time, with loosing the hair ...
> Can anybody help her with information about which possibilities she
> has and if there are other reasons for her high CA 125 values.
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> Heinz