CONCLUSION: In patients whose CA-125 level decreases to normal after chemotherapy, a doubling from the upper limit of normal has been shown to predict progression. In those with persistently elevated ...

Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125) testing shows 23% lower odds of elevated levels in American Indian and Black patients with ovarian cancer compared with White patients. Patients with false-negative CA-125 ...

The likelihood of having an elevated CA-125 level at ovarian cancer diagnosis was lower for American Indian, Asian, or Black patients versus White patients. HealthDay News — Black and American Indian ...

A recent retrospective analysis by Low and colleagues compared the use of laparotomy, MRI, and serum cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels for the detection of residual tumor in women treated for ovarian ...

Only three of eight patients (38%) with cirrhosis but without ascites (group Ia) showed elevated serum values of CA 125. However, 21 of 22 patients (95%) with cirrhotic ascites (groups Ib and Ic) had ...

The accuracy of the cancer antigen (CA)–125 test in predicting ovarian cancer varies by ethnicity, primarily due to factors like age and comorbidities rather than ethnicity itself. General ...

Serum CA-125 is a promising diagnostic biomarker for ovarian cancer, but screening studies using fixed CA-125 cutoffs have not shown a mortality benefit in the general (low-risk) population. New data ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a history of cancer with an elevated CA-125 level. Recently I had a shingles shot and soon thereafter, my CA-125 level was high. An extensive workup showed up nothing ...