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What should your approach be to the use if "tumor markers"?
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1) NOT used as primary diagnosis
2) used for "confirmatory dx" 3) used to MONITOR for recurrence 4) may be used to monitor RESPONSE to RX |
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-screen for Prostate CA?
-elevated in BPH & Prostatitis? |
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
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-more specific for Prostate CA?
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prostatic Acid Phosphatase
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Colorectal & pancreatic CA?
(nonspecific but produced in >70%) -also seen in Gastric & Breast CA |
CarcinoEmbryonic Antigen (CEA)
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Liver (hepatocellular) CA?
Yolk Sac Tumor of testicle? |
alpha-fetoprotein (a-FP)
-normally made by the fetus |
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Hydatiform moles?
Choriocarcinomas? Gestational trophoblastic tumors? |
beta-hCG
(b-HCG) |
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Ovarian CA?
epithelial tumors? |
CA-125
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Melanomas?
Neural tumors? Astrocytomas? |
S-100
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Paget's Dz of Bone?
Bone metastasis? Obstructive Biliary dz? |
Alkaline phosphatase
(alk phos) |
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Neuroblastoma?
Lung & Gastric CA? |
Bombesin
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Hairy Cell Leukemia
(a B-cell neoplasm) |
Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase
(TRAP) |
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Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma?
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CA-19-9
"CAn I buy that pancreas for $1.99" |
