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CA-125

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CA-125
A cell surface glycoprotein expressed on the cell membrane of normal ovarian tissue, ovarian, cervical, endometrium, GI tract, and breast CAs; rising levels indicate a poor prognosis, but low levels are of little clinical utility; CA-125 may also be ↑ in liver disease, acute pancreatitis, renal failure, occasionally in normal ♀, lymphoma
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The normal range for the CA-125 blood test is between 0 and 35.
Your digestive problems may be a sign of something much more serious by Women's Health Letter
I don't know what I expected her staff to do, but my daily harassment finally prompted the nurse practitioner to administer a CA-125 blood test, which measures the concentration of CA-125, a protein present in malignant tumors.
When the killers is not so silent: ovarian cancer was long thought to ... by Garcia, Chana / Black Enterprise
My CA-125 test, I believe, was 2,500 and ultrasound showed two six-inch tumors which my ob/gyn said were most probably ovarian cancer.
Recovering from stage 4 ovarian cancer by Miller, Karen / Gerson Healing Newsletter
 
 
 
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