Stomach Marker Profile Test
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Stomach cancer also known as gastric cancer starts in the cells around the stomach i.e the upper middle portion of the abdomen. The diagnosis is often by cancer marker tests. Cancer markers or tumour markers are proteins produced by the normal cells as well as cancer cells, but are produced in higher levels by the cancer cells. Stomach Marker Profile consists of tests to measure the levels of tumour markers in the blood, urine, and other body fluids. This profile test is used with other tests to screen for gastric cancers and decide the best treatment.
Price : ₹ 3,765
The Stomach Marker Profile measures the levels of CEA, CA 19.9, CA72.4 levels in the blood.
- To screen for stomach cancers: This may include patients with suspected clinical signs and symptoms of stomach cancer.
- For monitoring treatment and relapse in patients with gastrointestinal tumours.
- The test may be used as a prognostic marker for survival following gastric surgeries.
- In patients diagnosed with liver cancer: To know the stage of cancer as well as the metastasis status
- The test can help detect recurrence, metastasis and residual cancer: This may even include patients with a history of cancer of other organs like breast, lung, pancreas, gall bladder etc.
Some symptoms that may point towards stomach cancer and require further testing may include:
- Abdominal pain with bloating.
- Loss of appetite
- Abnormal weight loss with malaise.
- Nausea, vomiting.
- Difficulty swallowing food.
- Indigestion
- Blood in stools
- Black/dark coloured stools.
Following patients may also be at risk of stomach cancers and may also require testing:
- Patients already undergoing treatment for cancer.
- Patients who have completed the treatment to know the disease status.
- Familial history of cancers or gastric disorders having a genetic component.
- Unresolving or recurrent gastric disorders with worsening signs and symptoms.
This test requires a blood sample. A tourniquet (elastic) band is placed tightly on the upper arm. The patient is then asked to make a fist. This helps in the build-up of blood filling the veins. The skin is disinfected before needle insertion and the blood sample is collected in vacutainer.
