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Tumor Markers Flashcards

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PSA

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Prostate Cancer

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NSE

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Neuroendocrine Tumors

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ALP

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Metastatic Bone Carcinoma
HCC
Osteosarcoma
Leukemia
Lymphoma
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LDH

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Hematologic Malignancies

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Immunoglobulin

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Bone Marrow Cancer - MULTIPLE MYELOMA

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Calcitonin

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Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

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HCG

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PRIMARY: Diagnosis and Management - Gestational Trophoblastic disease (Choriocarcinoma)

SECONDARY: Staging and Monitoring - Germ cell tumors of the testis and ovary

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ACTH

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Small cell carcinoma of the lungs (Ectopic ACTH production)
Non specific - Pancreatic, Gastric, Colon Cancer
Effect: PARA NEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROME

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Thyroglobulin

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Recurrent Thyroid Cancer

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AFP

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Specific - Hepatocellular carcinoma

Increase - Chronic and Acute Hepatitis

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CEA

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Marker: GI Cancer/Colorectal Cancer

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CA 125

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Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

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CA 15-3

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Breast Cancer

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CA 19-9

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First Id - Human colorectal cancer
Pancreatic cancer (High SENSI and SPECI than CEA)
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Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors

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Breast Cancer

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Her2/NEU

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Breast and Ovarian cancer

GI tumors

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EGF Receptor

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Cancer in:
Head
Neck
Ovarian Cervical

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Beta TGT

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Diagnosis by measuring extent of inhibition

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Alpha TGT

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Epithelial Cell Tumor

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PDGF

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Mitogen: Lymphoid, Myeloid, Fibroblasts
Cancer
15%: Lymphomas, Sarcoma, Carcinoma (not specific)
Breast Cancer (directly proportional to cancer staging).

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Basic Fibroblast Growth factor

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90% Lung Cancer
60% Lymphomas
50% Cancer CNS

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EGF

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Stomach and Tongue Carcinoma

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NEU/HER2

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Breast Cancer (Monitoring, Staging, Diagnosis)
Directly Proportional to p185 ERBB2 ECD
Others:
Pulmonary Lung Cancer
HCC
Adenoma of Colon
Screen Pneumoconiosis
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Serum p21

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83% Lung Cancer

39% Pneumoconiosis

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Mutant p21

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80% Vinyl chloride induced angio-carcinoma of the Liver

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p53

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30% Lung Cancer, Liver Cirrhosis
20% HCC
8% Breast CA
1:5 in Colon carcinoma
1:10 in Colon Adenoma
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Anti-p53

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30% Bladder, Pancreatic, Childhood Lymphoma
25% Lung Cancer and Small cell tumor
15% Ovarian, Colon, Breast CA, Intraductal CA

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MYC-oncogene-encoded protein

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20% Breast CA, and Colon Cancer

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Anti MYC

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55-65% Colorectal cancer
10% Breast CA, Ovarian CA
Myeloid Leukemia
Burkitt’s Lymphoma

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