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How Can CEA Levels Be Decreased?

After surgery my mother s cea2 was 150 then doctors advised to give chemotherapy capecitabin plus oxaliplatin after this treatment her cea2 go down then again after some time on doing cea2 result was 183 doctors advised to have adjuvant chemo irnotican plus capecitabin after 3 months her cea2 was 137 . After some time on repeating the same test her cea2 is now 147. Now sir please suggest me what I should do now
Wed, 23 May 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Your mom should wait till the chemotherapy get finished. The CEA can be elevated foe other reasons except cancer.Her doctor will give advice to her for further follow up.

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How Can CEA Levels Be Decreased?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Your mom should wait till the chemotherapy get finished. The CEA can be elevated foe other reasons except cancer.Her doctor will give advice to her for further follow up. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.