The pancreatic cancer marker is 19-9. Anything over 37 U/ml is considered abnormal. It is used to evaluate treatment for cancer, but not as a screening. It can also be elevated with gallstones, cirrhosis, pancreatitis, and cholecystitis. Do you already have a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer?
What to do and where to go with 1.5 cm leasion on head of pancreas ?Right now i have to wait to see GI first time for 4 months, since I have Medi-Cal insurance (.
Is any one want look at it in research purpose?
I went to pancreas cancer simposium in San Francisco, it is was just handfull number of survavors ( .
I'm extremely worried because of my symptoms and looking for an answer on the web doesn't help at all. I now start thinking I may have pancreatic cancer.
Here is the list of my symptoms:
_floatind stool
- Abdominal pain:
- Back pain
- Loss of appetite
- Gastric reflux
- Nausea
_bloating
Thank you
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Tumor markers in general are discouraged from being used to screen and/or diagnose cancers. Their main role is to monitor disease progression and/or response to treatment in a patient with known cancer.