Tumor marker
(Alpha fetoprotein에서 넘어옴)
종양표지자(tumor marker, 암표지자)는 보통 선별검사로서의 가치는 떨어지나 재발의 추적, 수술의 성공 여부 등을 판단하는데 이용된다.
종류
- Alpha fetoprotein(AFP): germ cell tumor, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoblastoma
- CA15-3: breast cancer
- CA19-9: pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, 기타 gastrointestinal cancer
- CA-125: ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancer, endometriosis
- endometriosis: 재발의 지표
- HE4: ovarian cancer
- Carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA): gastrointestinal cancer, cervix cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, urinary tract cancer
- Colorectal cancer: 재발의 예후인자, 치료효과 판정, 재발 추적
- Prostate-specific antigen(PSA): prostate cancer
- Calcitonin: medullary thyroid carcinoma
- SCC-Ag(Squamous cell carcinoma related antigen): 자궁경부암, 폐암(squamous cell carcinoma)