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Should I Wait For Next Month To Check With The HCG Blood Test Again As I Am Having The History Of Testicular Cancer And Cell Carcinoma?
I am a 46 year old male I have had testicular cancer twice-1990-enbryonal cell carcinoma and 1997 seminoma type , most recently I have had three HCG blood test. 1st was 6.9, 2nd was 3.9 and the third was 4.9, my insurance will not pay for a pet scan, a current CT scan was questionable on my part. My doctor wants to wait another month and a half to repeat blood work. What should I do?
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
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I really understand your concern, look the important is your clinical symptoms if you do not have any clinical symptoms then its okay HCg is hormone test which highly fluctuating and very uncertain it is no the sole criteria, so I would like to advise you to have word with your oncologist for any other test rather than this, have nice day.
Thank for asking to HCM
I really understand your concern, look the important is your clinical symptoms if you do not have any clinical symptoms then its okay HCg is hormone test which highly fluctuating and very uncertain it is no the sole criteria, so I would like to advise you to have word with your oncologist for any other test rather than this, have nice day.
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