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Last 4 weeks of tumor markers
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His oncologist recommends to wait and repeat as planned next week. So worried due to his pure chorio. I've also left an email with the transplant oncologist at Cedars Sinai, but haven't heard back. He's been feeling so good that I honestly believed hCG would continue to drop to normal. Anyone had a fluck lab results?
3/2/12 sciatic pain, ER visit-multiple lung mets, admitted. Multiple lung mets, RP masses 4.6x5.8 & 7.8x8.4, spleen 4.6, liver 2.5, 4 brain lesions (3 Cyberknife 3/8/12 DX pure Chorio with RP bx. 3/9/12 started BEPx4. HCG pre-chemo 330,000-after 3/15 759,672 -3/21 272,206 -3/28 46,486 -4/5 11,326 -4/18 2423- 5/4 871 -5/23 176 -5/30 105 -6/6 97 -6/27 29 -7/6 16 -7/1 20 -7/18 129 -7/25 3122, -8/4 1105, -8/10 122, -8/15 37, -8/22 7, 8/30 3!! -9/5 8.4 start of HDC -9/26 <2, 10/3 <2, 10/4 2nd HDC
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Hey there, with a prechemo BHCG of 300 000+ it wouldn't be unheard of for a BHCG to fluctuate a little bit for whatever reason on the way down. Having said that I think your doctor kind of expected this, and knowing that he will know what to do next. Definitely a good idea to retest in a week though. Crossing my fingers it was just due to BHCG being left over in tissues in his body and not due to germ cell tumour. Keep fighting!
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BHCG is a sensitive test, there is always a chance since they clean, calibrate, then clean again, before every test that it had some residual from the standards. Your doctor is right to wait a few days(1week) then retest the trend is what you are looking for.
John
Diagnosed 4/17/08
Right orchiectomy 4/18/08
Pure choriocarcinoma; HCG 715,000; lungs, lymphnodes, liver, and random other places
4X VIP chemo at IU with Dr. Einhorn 4/25/08-7/4/08
HCG down to 7.2 10/28/08
HCG back up to 198 12/29/08
1 X PVB 1/2/09-1/6/09
2 X HDC w/ stem cell rescue 2/4/09-3/14/09
Follow-up with Dr. Einhorn 4/22/09
HCG 1.2
3 rounds, 21 days, twice daily, VP-16 50mg 4/24/09-7/10/09
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johncovell
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As always, Thank you very much guys. Just need to keep ourselves busy so we don't think about it very much.
3/2/12 sciatic pain, ER visit-multiple lung mets, admitted. Multiple lung mets, RP masses 4.6x5.8 & 7.8x8.4, spleen 4.6, liver 2.5, 4 brain lesions (3 Cyberknife 3/8/12 DX pure Chorio with RP bx. 3/9/12 started BEPx4. HCG pre-chemo 330,000-after 3/15 759,672 -3/21 272,206 -3/28 46,486 -4/5 11,326 -4/18 2423- 5/4 871 -5/23 176 -5/30 105 -6/6 97 -6/27 29 -7/6 16 -7/1 20 -7/18 129 -7/25 3122, -8/4 1105, -8/10 122, -8/15 37, -8/22 7, 8/30 3!! -9/5 8.4 start of HDC -9/26 <2, 10/3 <2, 10/4 2nd HDC
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