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Test Code LAB155 Cancer Antigen 125

Additional Codes

SQ: CA125

COLLECTION

Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin)  PREFERRED
Light Green (Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)  PREFERRED
Red (No Additive)
SST (Serum Separator)

EDTA plasma

Sample Volume Requirements: 

1 mL serum.

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.5 mL

 

Remarks: 

Separate serum from cells ASAP. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles. CA 125 II assay testing is not recommended as a screening procedure to diagnose cancer in the general population.

 

STABILITY

Refrigerated Stability: 

7 days

 

Frozen Stability: 

6 months   PREFERRED

PERFORMING LAB

Performed: 

Sun-Sat

 

Analytical Time: 

Same day

 

Testing Laboratory: 

Pathology Laboratory

 

Laboratory Section: 

Core Laboratory

 

Interpretive Data: 

The testing method is an electrochemiluminescence assay manufactured by Roche Diagnostics Inc. and performed on the Cobas system. Values obtained with different assay methods or kits may be different and cannot be used interchangeably.

CPT Code

86304