High specific growth factor

For a small number of people who go to the hospital for a physical examination, the doctor will ask them to check the value of a factor called specific growth factor. When checking the specific growth factor, there are also special instruments for the examination, and the normal value of the specific growth factor is within the range of 0 to 64. But if a person's specific growth factor test results show that his specific growth factor is high, what does it mean?

The normal value of specific growth factor test is 0-64

An increase indicates the risk of a tumor. A benign cyst may also result in a slightly higher value, but not much higher. If it is a tumor, it will be much higher!

The value you measured is only in the suspicious range, and the tumor-specific growth factor assay is prone to false positives. You can check again after a while, and it is very likely that the result will turn negative next time. Don't worry too much.

Condition Analysis:

The normal range of tumor specific growth factor is 0-64U/ml.

Suggestions:

Tumor-specific growth factor TSGF is an early marker of malignant tumors. It is tested in healthy people for screening and early detection of malignant tumors, which has great practical value. The value you measured is only in the suspicious range, and the determination of malignant tumor-specific growth factor is prone to false positives. You can check again after a while, and it is very likely that the result will turn negative next time. Don't worry too much.

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We should pay attention but not be blindly afraid. If the result is positive, we should repeat the test to rule out other factors. If the result persists, we should conduct corresponding examinations. If there are indicators with positioning significance, combined testing can help with positioning. The positive detection rate of serum TSGF in the natural general physical examination group was 5.09%, and the positive rate in the common disease group was 26.42%. There was a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05=.4510 reported that 2 cases of malignant tumors were finally found, and the positive results were persistent. How to avoid false positives: According to literature reports, it was found in clinical use that the TSGF values ​​of patients with acute inflammation and some autoimmune diseases such as lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid disease, viral hepatitis, etc. will increase transiently. Follow-up re-examinations should be performed 2 to 3 times at intervals of 3 to 5 weeks to exclude false positives caused by transient increases [2].

Conclusion This method also has the advantages of not requiring special equipment, having mature reagent kits, being non-invasive, simple to operate, rapid (results can be obtained in 1 hour), and having high specificity for those with persistently positive results or progressively increasing positive results. As an early malignant tumor marker, TSGF is suitable for measurement in hospitals at all levels due to its operational characteristics. Therefore, we believe that TSGF is a valuable and promising tumor marker in terms of diagnostic efficiency.