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CA125 up during treatment

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Having my 5th cycle of caelyx and carboplatin. Just been given my most recent CA125 results. 3rd cycle I was 356, 4th cycle down to 85 and now back up to 185. I'm panicking now, don't want to worry but can't help it!

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Hi Marie101, it’s always a worry when your ca125 won’t behave itself. But it clearly has fallen on the chemo, so perhaps there’s something else going on? An infection or illness? A covid jab? If you can, hold tight and have a word with your oncologist…. Presumably they will want to find out what is going on before they give you more chemo?

Best of luck with it… I will have my fingers crossed for you that it is a bit of inflammation somewhere and is soon resolved xx

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SopSinger

Caelyx is known quite often to cause CA125 to rise before it goes down. It seems to be connected with releasing the CA125 (which is a protein) from the unhealthy cells as they are zapped. Definitely speak to your oncologist and find out what s/he thinks. Sending hugs.

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