im 36 m 6foot 180 my question is does anal cancer show up in the blood or urine cause they found a small hemroid and my gastro said it might not always be a heimroid i have skin taps that my doctor says its nothing to worry about and it is real hard to use the rest room sometimes ?
Hi, Thanks for writing in. Many tumors or cancers might cause small amounts of chemicals circulating in blood due to the presence of cancer. These are known are serum tumor markers. Every cancer has a different set of tumor markers and many types of cancers might share the same tumor marker. This is present in blood and doing blood test specifically for these tumor markers gives and idea on the probability of cancer present in a suspected area. In anal cancers evaluated serum CEA, TPA, CA19-9, SCC and CY FRA at diagnosis play a role. Among this usefulness of serum SCC and TPA at diagnosis of squamocellular anal cancer and of CEA in the diagnosis of chlorogenic tumors has been observed. Please discuss with your doctor and get evaluated for any of the tumor markers if required.