Tumor markers Flashcards
1
Q
PSA
A
Prostate carcinoma and BPH
2
Q
Prostatic acid phosphatase
A
prostate carcinoma
3
Q
CEA
A
nonspecific; colorectal and pancreatic; gastric, breast, and medullary thyroid
4
Q
aFP
A
hepatocellular carcinoma, yolk-sac tumor
5
Q
b-hcg
A
hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma
6
Q
CA-125
A
ovarian
7
Q
s-100
A
melanoma, neural tumors, schwannoma, astrocytoma
8
Q
alkaline phosphatase
A
metastases to bone, liver, paget’s disease of bone
9
Q
bombesin
A
neuroblastoma, lung, and gastric cancer
10
Q
TRAP
A
Hairy cell leukemia
11
Q
CA-19-9
A
pancreatic adenocarcinoma
12
Q
Calcitonin
A
Medullary thyroid carcinoma