Please explain the difference, is there is, in reference to an AMAS Cancer Blood Test (Anti-Malignin Anti-Body in Serum) and a CEA Cancer Blood Test (Carcinoembryonic Antigen).
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J_9

AMAS - Anti-malignin antibody screen test is designed to pick up cancers well in advance of other signs and symptoms, months before conventional medical tests can detect it. However, for advanced cancer, if the antimalignin antibody is wiped out, the test won't work. For this, other types of testing is recommended.


Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a cancer marker to screen for colorectal cancer - it is associated with digestive tract cancers (eg of the colon) as well as other malignant and non-malignant disorders. It is recommended for those with frequent constipation, diarrhea, or bleeding piles for an initial diagnostic tool. It can also help detect Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC).

There are also quite a few different screening tests on the site where I got this information....Cancer Tests

2008chrissy

CEA is a screening test for a lot of conditions and is not specific for colorectal cancer.
It is elevated in cancers of the pancreas, stomach, breast, lung, and certain types of thyroid and ovarian cancer. Other conditions can elevate or falsely elevate CEA include smoking (thats a big one) , infections, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, and some benign tumors in the same organs in which an elevated CEA indicates cancer.