How much carbon 13 is stomach cancer

Carbon-13 urea breath test can only be used to detect Helicobacter pylori infection, and elevated levels do not necessarily represent gastric cancer. Although gastric cancer may be related to Helicobacter pylori infection, Helicobacter pylori infection may also cause gastric ulcers, gastritis, duodenal ulcers and other diseases. At the same time, there are also some patients with gastric cancer and no Helicobacter pylori infection, so through carbon 13 urea breath test examination can not determine whether there is gastric cancer, its value has no correlation with the occurrence of gastric cancer. If you want to determine whether there is gastric cancer, you can go to the hospital to do gastric cancer three items, serum tumor markers, X-ray barium meal and other examinations.