Elevated tumor markers do not necessarily mean cancer, these conditions must be clear!
In recent years, the number of patients with malignant tumors has gradually increased, and people's fear of cancer and tumors has also increased. In the process of physical examination, it is also possible to know whether the disease and the degree of disease are by checking tumor markers. The growth of tumor marker testing items to observe whether benign or malignant tumors.
However, in the actual clinical process, the increase of tumor markers does not necessarily mean that they have cancer. For many tumor patients, the increase of the corresponding markers also needs to be objectively identified to understand the difference between each examination. The difference, don't panic too much until you get a definitive test result. Therefore, after the tumor markers are detected, the patient can regularly check the changes of their values, and then determine the corresponding diagnosis and treatment plan according to the test results.
So does elevated tumor markers mean cancer? An objective comparison is required from the actual numerical situation.
- Growth of markers in a single inspection: When tumor markers are detected, there may also be differences between benign and malignant tumors. During a single inspection, the value increases significantly or its value multiple exceeds normal. The upper limit of the value needs to be checked again. When this abnormality occurs, it is necessary to cooperate with other inspection methods, such as chest CT and needle biopsy, and a series of tests before specific data results can be obtained.
Various values continue to increase or increase synchronously: There are currently a large number of tumor markers in the human body, and from the data detection process, patients with four or five tumor markers that increase at the same time need to be alert to the presence of cancer The problem. Therefore, in the process of single detection, the increase of the marker value also needs to take into account the items to be detected.
Data dynamics of repeated detection: For tumor patients, the corresponding marker values are relatively stable, while for malignant tumors, it can be clearly seen that the numerical value continues to increase dynamically under repeated detection. In this regard, when patients detect an increase in the number of tumor markers, they should regularly and frequently perform their numerical tests to check the increase in their values and their overall trend changes.
Physical condition and living habits: poor living habits or long-term exposure to carcinogens are more prone to cancer , it should be checked with a series of biopsy techniques to first rule out the existence of cancer.
Similarly, after suffering from cancer, the corresponding patients will also have obvious symptoms and signs, such as significant weight loss or a series of symptoms such as lumps and hemoptysis in the body. Therefore, when testing tumor markers, it is also necessary to feedback their own Physical condition and changes in its signs.
In short, when tumor markers are elevated, it does not necessarily mean that they have cancer, and different detection techniques and the selection of corresponding analysis and detection instruments also have a certain impact on the results. Therefore, worried patients can choose professional and reliable hospitals. Regular testing is carried out so that doctors can know the results more accurately from the testing data.