Tumor Markers Flashcards
1
Q
Human chorionic gonadotropin
A
Cancer -Gestational trophoblastic disease -gonadal germ cell tumor Nonneoplastic Conditions -Pregnancy
2
Q
Calcitonin
A
Medullary cancer of the thyroid
3
Q
Catecholamines
A
Pheochromocytoma
4
Q
Alpha-Fetoprotein
A
Cancer -Hepatocellular carcinoma -gonadal germ cell tumor Nonneoplastic Conditions -Cirrhosis -hepatitis
5
Q
Carcinoembryonic antigen
A
Cancer -Adenocarcinomas of the colon,pancreas, lung, breast, ovary Nonneoplastic Conditions -Pancreatitis -hepatitis -inflammatory bowel disease -smoking
6
Q
Prostatic acid phosphatase
A
Cancer -Prostate cancer Nonneoplastic Conditions -Prostatitis -prostatic hypertrophy
7
Q
Neuron-specific enolase
A
- Small cell cancer of the lung
- neuroblastoma
8
Q
Lactate dehydrogenase
A
Cancer -Lymphoma -Ewing's sarcoma Nonneoplastic Conditions -Hepatitis -hemolytic anemia
9
Q
Prostate-specific antigen
A
Cancer -Prostate cancer Nonneoplastic Conditions -Prostatitis -Prostatic hypertrophy
10
Q
CA-125
A
Cancer -Ovarian cancer -some lymphomas Nonneoplastic Conditions -Menstruation -peritonitis -pregnancy
11
Q
CA 19-9
A
Cancer
-Colon, pancreatic, breast cancer
Nonneoplastic Conditions
-Pancreatitis, ulcerative colitis
12
Q
CD30
A
Hodgkin’s disease, anaplastic large cell lymphoma
13
Q
CD25
A
Hairy cell leukemia, adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma
14
Q
Monoclonal immunoglobulin
A
Cancer -Myeloma Nonneoplastic Conditions -Infection -MGUS