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2CK TumorMarkers
USMLE 2CK - Tumor Markers
Question | Answer |
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PSA | Prostate-specific antigen. Used to screen for prostate carcinoma. |
Prostatic acid phosphatase | Prostate carcinoma. |
CEA | Carcinoembryonic antigen. Very nonspecific but produced by approx. 70% of colorectal and pancreatic cancers; also produced by gastric and breast carcinomas. |
α-fetoprotein | Normally made by fetus. Hepatocellular carcinomas. Nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of the testis (yolk sac tumor). Ovarian endodermal sinus tumors and embryonal carcinoma. |
β-hCG | Hydatidiform moles, choriocarcinomas, and gestational trophoblastic tumors. Ovarian germ cell tumor (embryonal carcinoma). |
CA-125 | Ovarian, malignant EPITHELIAL tumors. |
S-100 | Melanoma, neural tumors, astrocytomas. |
Alkaline phosphatase | Metastases to bone, obstructive biliary disease, Paget’s disease of bone. |
Bombesin | Neuroblastoma, lung and gastric cancer. |
TRAP | Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase. Hairy cell leukemia––a B-cell neoplasm. |
CA-19-9 | Pancreatic adenocarcinoma. |
LDH | Dysgerminoma (germ cell) tumors of the ovary. |
Inhibin | Granulosa (stromal) cell tumor of the ovary. |
Estrogen | Granulosa (stromal) cell tumor of the ovary. Can cause endometrial hyperplasia → diffuse uterine enlargement. |