Ca-125
Also known as: CA-125 test, CA125 tumor marker, Ovarian cancer marker CA125
- Blood
- Same day / 24 hours
- Home pickup
- No fasting needed
Clinical use cases
Why doctors order it- Clinician-directed monitoring in ovarian/gynecologic oncology care
- Treatment response tracking
- Trend monitoring with imaging and specialist review
- Not routine screening
- Tumor marker mainly used for monitoring, not screening
- Trend tracking over time is more useful than single values