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Tumor Markers Flashcards

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CEA

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Carcinoembryonic antigen (non-specific; produced by about 70% of colorectal and pancreatic cancers; also produced by gastric, breast, and thyroid medullary carcinomas)

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a-fetoprotein

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Hepatocellular carcinomas

Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of testis (i.e. yolk sac tumor)

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b-HCG

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H - hydatidiform moles
C - choriocarcinomas
G - Gestational trophoblastic tumors

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CA-125

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Ovarian, malignant epithelial tumors

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S-100

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Melanoma, neural tumors, schwannomas

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Alkaline phosphatase

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Metastases to bone, obstructive biliary disease, Paget’s disease of bone

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Bombesin

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Neuroblastoma, lung/gastric cancer

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TRAP (tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase)

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Hairy cell leukemia (a Bcell neoplasm)

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CA-19-9

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Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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Calcitonin

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Thyroid medullary carcinoma

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