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Tumor Markers Flashcards

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Alkaline phosphatase

A

mets to bone or liver
paget disease of bone
seminoma (placental ALP)

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alpha-fetoprotein

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Hepatocellular carcinoma**
hepatoblastoma
yolk sac (endodermal sinus) tumor
mixed germ cell tumor
high with neural tube defects and abdominal wall defects
low with Down's syndrome
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B-hCG

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hydatiform moles
choriocarcinomas (gestational trophoblastic disease)
testicular tumor (yup guys make this stuff too)
mixed germ cell tumor

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CA15-3/CA27-29

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Breast Cancer

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CA19-9

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pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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CA125

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ovarian cancer

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calcitonin

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medullary thyroid carcinoma

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CEA

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colorectal** andpancreatic cancers
gastric, breast, medullary thyroid cancers
non-specific

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chromogranin

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neuroendocrine tumors

carcinoid

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PSA

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prostate cancer

also high in BPH and prostatitis

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