I am going with Michael for his annual cancer screening appointment tomorrow at our family Dr’s office. Tests to be ordered are… 1. Chromogranin A – blood test. This will check for levels of serum chromogranin. High levels of this marker will indicate a metastatic neuroendocrine tumors. In Michael’s case Pheochromocytoma. 2. 24 Hour Urine [...]
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Pheochromocytoma is malignant!!!
Posted: April 14, 2008 in Cancer, Malignant, Pheochromocytoma, VGHTags: MIBG, Pheochromocytoma
4.5 years later….. Summer 2004, Michael was beginning to feel ill again, similar symptoms but not as harsh. So back to the family Doctor again. More tests were ordered and the results were positive. The Pheochromocytoma had come back – we assumed that it would be in the right adrenal gland and the same medical [...]
