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Tumor Markers Flashcards

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Tumor marker: Alkaline phosphatase

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Metastases to bone or liver
Paget dse of bone
Seminoma (placental ALP)

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Tumor marker: alpha-fetoprotein

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Hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoblastoma

Yolk sac tumor, mixed germ cell tumor

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Tumor marker: Beta-hCG

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Hydatidiform moles
Choriocarcinomas (gestational trophoblastic dse)
Testicular cancer, mixed germ cell tumor

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Tumor marker: CA 15-3, CA 27-29

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Breast cancer

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Tumor marker: CA 19-9

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Pancreatic adenoCA

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Tumor marker: CA 125

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Ovarian cancer

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Tumor marker: Calcitonin

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Medullary thyroid CA

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Tumor marker: CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen)

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Nonspecific.
Colorectal, pancreatic cancers
Also gastric, breast, medullary thyroid CA

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Tumor marker: Chromogranin

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Neuroendocrine tumors/carcinoids

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Tumor marker: PSA (prostate specific antigen)

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Prostate cancer

Also elevated in BPH, prostatitis

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