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Table 7-12
Selected Tumor Markers
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12th Grade
09/16/2011

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Human chorionic gonadotropin
Definition
HORMONES - Trophoblastic tumors, nonseminomatous testicular tumors
Term
Calcitonin
Definition
HORMONES - Medullary carcinoma of thyroid
Term
Catecholamine and metabolites
Definition
HORMONES - Pheochromocytoma and related tumors
Term
α-Fetoprotein
Definition
ONCOFETAL ANTIGENS - Liver cell cancer, nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of testis
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Carcinoembryonic antigen
Definition
ONCOFETAL ANTIGENS - Carcinomas of the colon, pancreas, lung, stomach, and heart
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Prostatic acid phosphatase
Definition
ISOENZYMES - Prostate cancer
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Neuron-specific enolase
Definition
ISOENZYMES - Small-cell cancer of lung, neuroblastoma
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Immunoglobulins
Definition
SPECIFIC PROTEINS - Multiple myeloma and other gammopathies
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Prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific membrane antigen
Definition
SPECIFIC PROTEINS - Prostate cancer
Term
CA-125
Definition
MUCINS AND OTHER GLYCOPROTEINS - Ovarian cancer
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CA-19-9
Definition
MUCINS AND OTHER GLYCOPROTEINS - Colon cancer, pancreatic cancer
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CA-15-3
Definition
MUCINS AND OTHER GLYCOPROTEINS - Breast cancer
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p53, APC, RAS mutants in stool and serum
Definition
NEW MOLECULAR MARKERS - Colon cancer
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p53 and RAS mutants in stool and serum
Definition
NEW MOLECULAR MARKERS - Pancreatic cancer
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p53 and RAS mutants in sputum and serum
Definition
NEW MOLECULAR MARKERS - Lung cancer
Term
p53 mutants in urine
Definition
NEW MOLECULAR MARKERS - Bladder cancer
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