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11 Cards in this Set
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PSA (prostate-specific antigen)
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prostate carcinoma screening; elevated in BPH and prostatitis
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prostatic acid phosphatase
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prostate carcinoma
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CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen)
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produced in 70% of colorectal and pancreatic cancers; gastric and breast carcinomas; but very nonspecific screening tool
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alpha-fetoprotein
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hepatocellular carcinomas; nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testis (yolk sac tumor); normally made by fetus
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beta-hCG
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Hydatidiform moles, Choriocarcinomas, 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, Paget's dz of bone, obstructive biliary dz
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bombesin
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neuroblastoma, lung and gastric cancer
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TRAP (tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase)
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hairy cell leukemia (a B-cell neoplasm)
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CA-19-9
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pancreatic adenocarcinoma
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