Tumor marker vs Signatera ?
Metastatic BC. In hormonal treatment with Verzinio for 6 months. Signatera test came back negative and 0 yesterday and at the same time, CA2729 came back at 300. What could cause the specific test to show 0 Circulatiing tumor cells and the non specific test to show a fair amount of CTC?
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To my knowledge these two tests look for different things. Signatera is the one that actually is supposed to detect circulating cancer cells, the tumor marker tests like CA 27.29 look for proteins in your blood that are commonly shed by cancer cells but can also be present for other reasons.
That does seem to be a great disparity though, and something to definitely discuss with your onc.
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