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What Causes Elevation Of GGT And CA Levels Post Chemotherapy?

hi, i am diagnosed with breast cancer spread to liver, ggt level prior to my ist chemo was 523 u/l, CA 15.3 was 176.2 u/ml. One week post chemo GGT level increased to 715 u/l and CA 15.3 increased to 187.3 u/ml. are this results significant reaction to chemo? hope you can help understand better. thanks
Thu, 1 Oct 2015
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HI,GGT can go up post chemotherapy.It will come done after treatment.In your case post chemotherapy rise in CA 15.3 level is not significant
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What Causes Elevation Of GGT And CA Levels Post Chemotherapy?

HI,GGT can go up post chemotherapy.It will come done after treatment.In your case post chemotherapy rise in CA 15.3 level is not significant Thanks