CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TUMOR MARKERS EXAM WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED!!
What are the enzyme tumor markers? - (answer)Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
Creatine Kinase (CK)
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD)
What are the hormone tumor markers? - (answer)B-hCG
Calcitonin
Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP)
Which cancers will show elevated levels of ALP? - (answer)Primary or secondary liver cancer or
osteoblastic lesions associated with cancers involving bone metastases
Which enzyme will be elevated in patients with primary or secondary liver cancer or osteoblastic lesions
associated with cancers involving bone metastases? - (answer)ALP
What are the sources of ALP? - (answer)bone
liver
placenta
When is ALP normally elevated? - (answer)pregnant women
Which cancers can ALP be elevated? - (answer)liver
bone
ovarian
lung
trophoblastic
GI
seminoma
, CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TUMOR MARKERS EXAM WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED!!
Which enzyme is elevated in small cell carcinoma of the lung? - (answer)CK-1 (CK-MM)
CK-1 (CK-MM) is elevated in which cancer? - (answer)small cell carcinoma of the lung
Which enzymes are elevated in prostate cancer? - (answer)CK-1 (CK-MM) and CK-3 (CK-BB)
CK-1 (CK-MM) and CK-3 (CK-BB) are elevated in which cancer? - (answer)prostate
Algorithm which correlates results of multiple tumor markers to provide a risk analysis. -
(answer)ProstAsure
Which tumor markers are included in the ProstAsure panel? - (answer)tPSA (total Prostate Specific
Antigen)
PAP (Prostatic Acid Phosphatase)
All three CK isoenzymes
T or F: LD is an enzyme that is elevated in a variety of malignancies, but is somewhat non-specific -
(answer)True
Which is more useful in evaluating cancers, LD isoenzymes or LD total? - (answer)Total LD because it
correlates well with tumor mass in solid tumors and helps predict survival and response to various
treatments
Which cancers show elevated LD enzymes? - (answer)liver
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
acute leukemia
non-germ cell testicular cancer
SOLUTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED!!
What are the enzyme tumor markers? - (answer)Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
Creatine Kinase (CK)
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD)
What are the hormone tumor markers? - (answer)B-hCG
Calcitonin
Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP)
Which cancers will show elevated levels of ALP? - (answer)Primary or secondary liver cancer or
osteoblastic lesions associated with cancers involving bone metastases
Which enzyme will be elevated in patients with primary or secondary liver cancer or osteoblastic lesions
associated with cancers involving bone metastases? - (answer)ALP
What are the sources of ALP? - (answer)bone
liver
placenta
When is ALP normally elevated? - (answer)pregnant women
Which cancers can ALP be elevated? - (answer)liver
bone
ovarian
lung
trophoblastic
GI
seminoma
, CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TUMOR MARKERS EXAM WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED!!
Which enzyme is elevated in small cell carcinoma of the lung? - (answer)CK-1 (CK-MM)
CK-1 (CK-MM) is elevated in which cancer? - (answer)small cell carcinoma of the lung
Which enzymes are elevated in prostate cancer? - (answer)CK-1 (CK-MM) and CK-3 (CK-BB)
CK-1 (CK-MM) and CK-3 (CK-BB) are elevated in which cancer? - (answer)prostate
Algorithm which correlates results of multiple tumor markers to provide a risk analysis. -
(answer)ProstAsure
Which tumor markers are included in the ProstAsure panel? - (answer)tPSA (total Prostate Specific
Antigen)
PAP (Prostatic Acid Phosphatase)
All three CK isoenzymes
T or F: LD is an enzyme that is elevated in a variety of malignancies, but is somewhat non-specific -
(answer)True
Which is more useful in evaluating cancers, LD isoenzymes or LD total? - (answer)Total LD because it
correlates well with tumor mass in solid tumors and helps predict survival and response to various
treatments
Which cancers show elevated LD enzymes? - (answer)liver
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
acute leukemia
non-germ cell testicular cancer
