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PSA:
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Prostate Specific Antigen
used to screen for prostate cancer. Also elevated in BPH and prostatitis. |
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Prostatic Acid Phosphatase:
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Prostate Carcinoma
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CEA
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Nonspecific
made by 70% of Colorectal and pancreatic cancer also made by: gastric, breast, thyroid medullary carcinomas |
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α-fetoprotein
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hepatocellular carcinomas
non-seminoma tumors of the testis, ex: yolk sac tumor |
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β-hCG
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HCG = Hydatiform moles, Choriocarcinomas, Gestational trophoblastic tumors
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CA-125
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Ovarian tumors, malignant epithelial tumors
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S-100
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Melanoma, neural tumors, astrocytomas
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Alkaline phosphatase
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Metastases to bone,
also elevated in obstructive biliary disease, Paget's disease of the bone |
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Bombesin
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Neuroblastoma, lung and gastric cancer
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TRAP
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Hairy Cell Leukemia- a B Cell neoplasm (trap the hairy animal)
"TRAP the hairy animal" TRAP = Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase |
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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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HVA
(homovanillic acid) |
catecholamine metabolite elevated in Neuroblastoma
[In about 90% of cases of neuroblastoma, elevated levels of catecholamines or their metabolites are found in the urine or blood. Catecholamines and their metabolites include dopamine, homovanillic acid (HVA), and/or vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) ] |
