CA 15-3
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Oct 14, 2026
Jay ChaplinHOST
Scientists are usually not very imaginative and pretty boring.
Jay ChaplinHOST
Yeah, so we've got CA15-3.
Jay ChaplinHOST
And then we've got, it's almost the exact same thing, CA27.29. We've got CA19-9.
Jay ChaplinHOST
We've got CA125.
Nasha WintersGUEST
And you want to make sure you reestablish a bounty of healthy cells as quickly as possible so that any lingering, because there always will be, cells do not come back in and override the system again.
Nasha WintersGUEST
So if I have a patient finishing their treatment, and they have perfect scans, no evidence of disease, and their tumor markers, whether it's breast, like CA-15-3, CA-27-29, CEA, so the most common breast cancer markers, if they're all perfect, everyone is celebrating at the oncology office.
Nasha WintersGUEST
But if I see that trifecta are all out of range, I'm not celebrating.
Nasha WintersGUEST
In fact, I know it's a matter of days, weeks, or months before that cancer is back bigger and louder than ever.
Nasha WintersGUEST
What I tell folks is that's actually just the beginning because those life-saving standard of care therapies, they do a great job at harvesting out the cancer cells, but they also do a great job at harvesting out the healthy cells, and you wanna make sure you reestablish a bounty of healthy cells as quickly as possible so that any lingering, 'cause there always will be, cells do not c- come back in and override the system again.
Nasha WintersGUEST
So if I have a patient finishing their treatment and they have perfect scans, no evidence of disease, and their tumor markers, whether it's breast, like CA 15-3, CA 27-29, CEA, so the most common breast cancer markers, if they're all perfect, you know, everyone is celebrating at the oncology office.
Nasha WintersGUEST
But if I see that trifecta are all out of range, I'm not celebrating.
Anna CabecaHOST
No.