Term
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Definition
liver cancer
germ cell tumors of testis
(also Ca stomach, pancreas) |
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Term
| Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) |
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Definition
colon cancer, pancreas
lung, stomach
breast |
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Term
| Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) |
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Definition
| trophoblastic tumors, testicular tumors |
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Term
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Definition
| medullary carcinoma thyroid |
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Term
| Prostatic acid phosphatase |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
neuroblastoma
small cell carcinoma lung |
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Term
| Prostate specific antigen |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| multiple myeloma and other gammopathies |
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Term
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Definition
Normally produced by fetal liver, elevated levels seen in cirrhosis, hepatitis, pregnancy. Abnormally elevated in some cancers
Sensitive index of response to therapy and recurrence |
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Term
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Definition
normally produced in embryonic tissue of gut, pancreas, liver, elaborated by several neoplasms
Elevated levels seen in other deisease: cirrhosis, hepatitis, ulcerative colitis, Chron disease |
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Term
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Definition
| levels have bearing on prognosis: recurrance of tumor, effectiveness of chemotherapy etc. |
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