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