Tumor Marker Numbers Chart. The tumor marker most often used in colorectal cancer. Carcinoembryonic antigen CEA level.
99 of the time it means no cancer. Doctors dont use the CEA test to make a first-time diagnosis of cancer. There are three tumor markers that are commonly used in metastatic breast cancer.
Noncancerous conditions can sometimes cause tumor markers to rise.
Tumor marker because it provides information about the biological state of a disease ovarian cancer and is obtained by a blood sample from which a level can be measured. Examples of commonly used circulating tumor markers include calcitonin measured in blood which is used to assess treatment response screen for recurrence and estimate prognosis in medullary thyroid cancer. PSA PAP Prostate. A cancer tumor often produces a specific protein in the blood that serves as a marker for the cancer.