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    This document lists various markers that are associated with different types of cancer. It discusses hormones, oncofetal antigens, isoenzymes, specific proteins, mucins and other glycoproteins, and new molecular markers that can be detected in blood, stool, urine, or tissue and are indicative of certain cancers such as testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, liver cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, and bladder cancer.

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    This document lists various markers that are associated with different types of cancer. It discusses hormones, oncofetal antigens, isoenzymes, specific proteins, mucins and other glycoproteins, and new molecular markers that can be detected in blood, stool, urine, or tissue and are indicative of certain cancers such as testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, liver cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, and bladder cancer.

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    Markers Associated Cancer

    Hormones
    Human chorionic gonadotropin Trophoblastic tumors, nonseminomatous testicular tumors
    Calcitonin Medullary carcinoma of thyroid
    Catecholamine and metabolites Pheochromocytoma and related tumors
    Ectopic hormones

    Oncofetal Antigens
    a-Fetoprotein Liver cell cancer, nonseminomatous germ cell tumors of testis
    Carcinoembryonic antigen Carcinomas of the colon, pancreas, lung, stomach, and heart

    Isoenzymes
    Prostatic acid phosphatase Prostate cancer
    Neuron-specific enolase Small cell cancer of lung, neuroblastoma

    Specific Proteins
    Immunoglobulins Multiple myeloma and other gammopathies
    Prostate-specific antigen and
    prostate-specific membrane antigen Prostate cancer

    Mucins and Other Glycoproteins


    CA-125 Ovarian cancer
    CA-19-9 Colon cancer, pancreatic cancer
    CA-15-3 Breast cancer

    New Molecular Markers


    p53, APC, RAS mutations in stool and serum Colon cancer
    p53 and RAS mutations in stool and serum Pancreatic cancer
    p53 and RAS mutations in sputum and serum Lung cancer
    p53 mutations in urine Bladder cancer

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