Tumour markers CA15-30

[Nat1990]

Does anyone’s CA 15-30 tumour markers go up and down and why? My mums tumour markers started off at nearly 1900 and now are down to 278 over the past 3-4 weekly Taxols they’ve gone up and down between 240 and 290 as of this morning they are up again to 278 any info would be great thanks xx

[Lordmandy]

They will very. 1900 dow to 200s is great!!!! Varying 240-270 and bouncing around like that is expected. You watch for trends or huge jumps up.

[Nat1990 in reply to Lordmandy]

Thank you x

[MacroMom]

This is a fabulous result after just 3-4 Taxols! Both my oncologist and ND oncologist have said that markers bounce...the important thing is the velocity of the rise. I've read that they can even vary day to day and depend on the amount of time the blood draw sits before it is tested. So I'd say rest easy with this bounce and celebrate the 85% (WOW!) decrease. Your post also encourages me about the effectiveness of Taxol which will probably be one of my options down the road. Thanks!

[Nat1990 in reply to MacroMom]

Thank you for your reply.. my mums on to weekly taxol number 15 she will have another 3 18 in total. At first they were dropping massively but now bouncing around x

[lilybank]

Don't get tumour marker tests only one at secondary diagnosis it costs a couple of hundred pounds so I guess a bit expensive for NHS would worry me knowing though just usual 3 monthly tests