Tumor markers Flashcards
1
Q
alk phos (ALP)
A
Mets to bone or liver, Paget disease of bone, seminoma (placental ALP)
2
Q
AFP
A
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatoblastoma
Yolk sac (endodermal sinus)
mixed germ cell
high also neural tube defects
low in Downs
3
Q
B-hCG
A
Hydatidiform moles
Choriocarcinoma (gestational trophoblastic disease)
testicular cancer
mixed germ cell tumor
4
Q
CEA
A
Nonspecific colorectal pancreatic gastric breast medullary thryoid
5
Q
CA 19-9
A
Pancreatic adeno
6
Q
CA 15-3 / 27-29
A
Breast
7
Q
CA-125
A
Ovarian
8
Q
Cacitonin
A
Medullary thyroid cancer
9
Q
Chromogranin
A
Neuroendocrine tumors/carcinoid
10
Q
EBV
A
Burkitt lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
primary cns lymphoma (immunocomp)
11
Q
HBV, HCV
A
Hepatocellular
12
Q
HHV-8
A
Kaposis
13
Q
HPV
16, 18, 31, 33
A
Cervical
penile
anal
head and neck
14
Q
H pylori
A
Gastric adeno
MALT
15
Q
HTLV-1
A
Adult T cell leukemia - lymphoma
