Increase in Cea 1.65 to 2.68 post surger

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My father aged 48 gone through the colon surgery bcoz of colon cancer on April 2017 . The CEA pre surgery was 2.6 which reduced to 1.65 post surgery . But Durning the quarterly routine checkup the CEA level keeps on increasing n reached 2.68 in the recent quarterly checkup .Although the Ct scan and ultrasound are normal which was recently done .. Is that increase in Cea is matter of concern as it is a slight below than its normal range .Our surgeon doesn't gave satisfactory reply on its increase n nor any medicine to control it .. Plz advice

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Dr. Shravan Kumar Chinnikatti

Radiation Oncologist 25 yrs exp Bangalore

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You should be worried if the value is 2 times the normal range

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