TUMOR MARKERS Flashcards
Are substances in the body that is associated with the presence of a cancer
TUMOR MARKERS
It may be enzymes, hormones, receptors, glycoproteins, or oncogenes
TUMOR MARKERS
They are expressed at very low levels in the blood.
TUMOR MARKERS
Analysis of Tumor Markers is mostly essential to test _______
RECURRENCE OF CANCER
Hepatic and testicular cancer
AFP
Lung cancer
ALP (placental)
Pancreatic cancer
AMYLASE
Breast or ovarian cancer
BRCA-1
Ovarian cancer (recurrence and treatment)
CA-125
Breast cancer (recurrence and treatment)
CA 15-3
Gastric, pancreatic and colorectal cancers
CA-19.9
Gastric and pancreatic cancers (recurrence and treatment)
CA-50
Breast cancer
CA 27.29
Cathepsin-D
Estrogen receptor (ER)
Medullary thyroid cancer
Calcitonin
Breast, lung, colorectal and stomach cancer (recurrence and
treatment)
CEA
Small cell lung cancer, prostate cancer
CK1
Hepatoma
GGT
Breast cancer (efficiency of Herceptin therapy)
HER-2/neu
Urinary bladder cancer
Nuclear matrix protein (NMP)
