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Module 4: Assignment Discussion Tumor Markers

For this week’s assignment, please pick one of the examples of the use of tumor markers in the 16 specific malignancies discussed in the text on pages 343 through 356 and listed below. You can choose at random or through interest/personal experience. Once chosen, please describe:

 

  1. a) the type of cancer, the population most affected, and its prevalence,

 

  1. b) which markers are associated with it and which one of those you selected to answer

 

  1. c) how the marker is used (screening, diagnosis, monitoring etc)

 

  1. d) what assay is used to detect it, and describe it,

 

  1. e) any reference interval and decision point concentration and

 

  1. f) what value does this knowledge add (e.g.: does it affect treatment options, how specific, sensitive, or relevant it is–or otherwise).

 

 

1 Bladder Cancer

 

  1. Breast Cancer

 

  1. Cervical Cancer

 

  1. Colorectal Cancer

 

  1. Gastric Cancer

 

  1. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

 

  1. Germ Cell Tumors

 

  1. Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

 

  1. Hepatocellular Carcinoma

 

  1. Lung Cancer

 

  1. Melanoma

 

  1. Neonatal & Pediatric Tumors

 

  1. Ovarian Cancer

 

  1. Pancreatic Cancer

 

  1. Prostate Cancer

 

  1. Testicular Cancer

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