Chapter: 6082

Dr. Johnson nodded and said in a very serious tone, "George, compared with three months ago, one of Mr. Hank's test results shows a bad abnormality."

"Great!" the private doctor blurted out, "You don't know that Mr. Hank waited for an abnormality for a whole night!"

Dr. Johnson was stunned. "Waiting for something abnormal, what does it mean to wait all night? Is Mr. Hank expecting something abnormal to happen to his body?"

The private doctor smiled and said, "You are right. Mr. Hank just wants his body to show a little abnormality. When there is nothing abnormal, it seems to make him more anxious."

"God damn..." Dr. Johnson pushed his glasses and said awkwardly, "But Dr. Han wouldn't expect his CA199 index to be abnormal, right?"

The personal doctor who had been smiling just now suddenly had a dull expression.

After a moment, he came back to his senses and blurted out: "What did you say about the abnormal ca199 index? Are you kidding me?"

As Hank's personal doctor, he is well aware of various important physical indicators. CA199 is a carbohydrate antigen, also commonly known as a tumor marker. There are many types of tumor markers, and different tumor markers often correspond to tumor problems in different parts of the body.

In most cases, if a person does not have cancer cells in the body, all tumor markers must be within the normal range.

Once tumor markers become abnormal, there is a high probability that the patient has cancer.

Of course, abnormal tumor markers do not necessarily mean that there is cancer, but the probability is very high.

Especially this CA199, which is related to digestive system cancers such as pancreatic cancer and gastric cancer, and is extremely sensitive.

Once this indicator becomes abnormal, there is a high probability that it is digestive system cancer.

So he quickly asked, "What is Mr. Hank's CA199 index this time?"

Dr. Johnson hesitated for a moment before saying, "628..."

"What the hell did you say?!"

The private doctor just felt dizzy. The normal limit of CA199 is 37. Exceeding this value means there is a problem, and the greater the proportion of exceeding this value, the higher the probability of a problem.

Hank's CA199 index soared to 628. Based on his experience, this was basically pancreatic cancer.

So he quickly asked, "Mr. Hank, what was the CA199 index three months ago?"

Dr. Johnson said, "Three months ago it was 12..."

The private doctor wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "It's only been three months, and the number has skyrocketed dozens of times. This is too fast..."

Johnson nodded. "It's indeed very fast, but it's not exaggerated for pancreatic cancer. Some patients develop the disease very quickly and die within a few months. So Mr. Hank is not the one who develops the fastest. At most, he is in the middle."

"Oh my god..." the private doctor asked nervously, "Should we do a full body scan right away to confirm the size of the lesion and whether it has spread?"

"Confirmed." Dr. Johnson said, "You decide whether you should tell Mr. Hank or I should tell him. Explain it clearly to him and get his consent. We will immediately arrange for a nurse to inject him with contrast agent, and then we can arrange for a whole-body scan." JrNovels.com