Cost of cancer marker tests

There are more cancer marker tests and the cost varies for each different item. For the common AFP, the cost of this test is about$40-$50. The cost of the test may also vary from one testing facility to another, but the difference is not too big. There are also glycoantigens, such as glycoantigens 19-9, or CA19-9, which is a relatively specific indicator for pancreatic malignancies, and the cost of this test is about 80 yuan; in addition, the cost of CA125 and CA15-3 is also 80 yuan each. In general, a full set of tumor markers may contain more than 8-10 items, and the cost may be about 300-400 RMB. Cancer tumor marker test is only a reference, but it cannot be used to diagnose cancer based on tumor marker test results, and it must be combined with imaging tests and gastroscopy and colonoscopy to take pathology to confirm the diagnosis.