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Tumour Markers Flashcards

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What is the tumour marker for ovarian cancer?

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CA 125 - monitoring

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What is the tumour marker for pancreatic cancer?

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CA 19-9 - monitoring

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What is the tumour marker is breast cancer?

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CA 15-3 - monitoring

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Prostate cancer

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PSA - prostate specific antigen

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Hepatocellular carincoma

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AFP - diagnosis, monitoring treatment, detecting recurrence

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Colorectal cancer

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Carcinoembryonic antigen CEA - monitoring adenocarincomas

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Germ cell/testicular?

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AFP - raised in non-seminomatous testicular cancer, teratoma
hCG

Diagnosis, monitoring, detecting recurrence

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Myeloma

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Paraproteins

Diagnosis, moitoring treatmnt, detecting recurrence

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Thyroid? Where?

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Calcitonin - diagnosis, monitoring tratment, recurrence: Medullary thyroid cancer - parafollicular cells produce calcitonin

Thyroglobuline - Follicular/Papillary thyroid cancer

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