RE: IOWA MIKE... CA-19 test research

[Guest guest]

Mike,

I sent Carol several articles, but the

truth is CA-19 is about worthless for people with liver disease. (Probably why

they won’t pay) When folks with liver disease have a CA-19 blood test the

results can be all over the place. When the liver function test results go up - so do the CA-19

results. If someone was having a cholangitis attack at the same time a CA-19

was done the results would lead a doctor or patient to conclude the subject had

cancer when in fact they don’t. Waiting until the liver function test went down

and doing the CA-19 over again would also show the CA-19 results going down. So they have determined the results are

worthless on folks with liver disease. But….CA-19 is great for finding cancer

in the pancreas and can be used to see how well cancer treatments are going. But

that’s about it. I wish it wasn’t so but after a lot of looking this is what I

found. Hope I described this right – probably didn’t.

Barb in

Texas

Son, Ken 28

UC 91 PSC 99

OK group do we have any research studies supporting the CA 19 test in

PSC. Let's

look thru our archives and see if we have something to arm Carol with.

Iowa Mike