Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9, Cancer Antigen 125, Prostate-Specific Antigen and Other Cancer Markers : A Primer on Commonly Used Cancer Markers

Copyright 2023, Desai et al..

Cancer markers are molecules produced by cancer cells which may serve to identify the presence of cancer. Cancer markers can be differentiated as serum-based, radiology-based and tissue-based, and are one of the most important tools in diagnosing, staging and monitoring of treatment of many cancers. The most used cancer markers are serum cancer markers due to its relative ease and lower cost of testing. However, serum cancer markers have poor mass screening utilization due to poor positive predictive value. Several markers such as prostate-specific antigen (PSA), beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) are used to aid in diagnosis of cancer in cases of high suspicion. Serum markers such as carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), AFP, carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) play a significant role in assessing disease prognosis as well as response to treatment. This work reviews the role of some of the biomarkers in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

World journal of oncology - 14(2023), 1 vom: 14. Feb., Seite 4-14

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Desai, Shreya [VerfasserIn]
Guddati, Achuta K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5-HIAA
AFP
B-hCG
CA 19-9
CA 27-29
CA-125
CEA
Calcitonin
Cancer screening
Journal Article
LDH
PSA
Prognostic markers
Review
Serum markers
Tumor markers

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Date Revised 11.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.14740/wjon1425

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354016873