Tumor Markers Flashcards
1
Q
PSA?
A
Prostate carcinoma, BPH, prostatitis
2
Q
Prostatic acid phosphatase?
A
Prostate carcinoma
3
Q
CEA?
A
Colorectal and pancreatic cancers (also in gastric, breast, and medullary thyroid carcinoma)
4
Q
a-fetoprotein?
A
HCC, nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (e.g. testis, ovary)
5
Q
B-hCG?
A
Hydatidiform moles and Choriocarcinomas (Gestational trophoblastic disease )
6
Q
CA-125?
A
Ovarian cancer
7
Q
S-100?
A
Melanoma, neural tumors, schwannomas, histiocytosis x
8
Q
Alkaline phosphatase?
A
Mets 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