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2CK TumorMarkers
USMLE 2CK - Tumor Markers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |