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PSA
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Prostate=specific antigen. Used to screen for prostate carcinoma. Can also be 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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Carcinoembryonic antigen. Very nonspecific but produced by ~ 70% of colorectal and pancreatic cancers; also produced by gastric, breast, and thyroid medullary carcinomas.
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alpha-fetoprotein
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Normally made by fetus. Hepatocellular carcinomas. Nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testis (e.g., yolk sac tumor).
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Beta-hCG
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Hydatidiform moles, Choriocarcinomas, and 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, astrocytomas.
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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 and gastric cancer.
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TRAP
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Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase. Hairy cell leukemia-- a B-cell neoplasm.
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TRAP the hairy animal.
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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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