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ca125 test and endo?

can anyone tell me if you have a raised ca125 result with endo? mine was fine but the docs are still doing a lap to diagnose endo but reading through some of the posts alot of women with endo have had raised ca125? many thanks
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2 years ago I was diagnosed at first with ovarian cancer.  I had a mass that was 13cm and my CA-125 was 400.  I was referred to an oncologist and then had to have a hysterectomy-basically the oncologist had informed me to pre-surgury was that many things can trigger CA-125 levels for woman, meaning infection, illness, menstral cycle....well it turns out that I didn't have ovarian cancer-thank goodness-however I did have stage 4 endometrosis.....the oncologist said it was the worst case she has ever seen.......so try not to worry, I was 30 yrs old at the time.
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My CA-125 was 79 and my endo was pretty bad!  I don't know what stage my endo was though, my doctor never told me.  I had to have a laparatomy because they were worried one of my cysts was cancerous, but it wasn't.  Good luck to you, I hope you don't have it!

Angie
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