Tumor Markers Flashcards
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)
- Trophoblastic Tumors
- Nonseinomatous Testicular Tumors
Calcitonin
Medullary carcinoma of thyroid
Catecolamine and Metabolites
Pheochromocytoma and Related Tumors, Neuroblastoma (in urine)
Ectopic Hormones
(Paraneoplastic syndromes?)
Alpha-Fetoprotein
- Liver Cell Cancer
- Nonseminomatrous Germ Cell tumors of Testis
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Carcinomas of:
- colon
- pancreas
- lung
- stomach
- heart
Prostatic acid Phosphatase
Prostate Cancer
Neuron-Specific enolase
- Small-cell cancer of lung
- Neuroblastoma
Immunoglobulins
Mutliple Myeloma and other Gammopathies
Prostate-Specific Antigen and Prostate-Specific membrane antigen
Prostate Cancer
CA-125
Ovarian Cancer
CA-19-9
- Colon Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
CA-15-3
- Breast Cancer
Marker For:
Liver Cancer
Nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of testis
Alpha-Fetoprotein
Marker For:
Trophoblastic Tumors
Nonseminomatous testicular Tumors
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
Marker For:
Breast Cancer
CA-15-3
Marker For:
Small Cell Cancer of the lung
Neuroblastoma
Neuron-Specific enolase
Marker For:
Prostate cancer
Prostate acid Phosphatase
Prostate-specific antigen
Prostate-specific membrane antigen
Marker For: Colon Pancreas Lung Stomach Heart cancers
Carcinoembryonic antigen
Marker For:
Pheochromocytoma and Related tumors
Neuroblastoma (if in urine)
Catecholamine and Metabolites
Marker For:
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Calcitonin
Marker For:
Multiple Myeloma and other gammapathies
Immunoglobulins
Marker For:
Ovarian Cancer
CA-125
Marker For:
Colon Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
CA-19-9