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Alpha fetoprotein tumor marker

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A 45-year old asked:

What does a low alpha fetoprotein level mean?

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A 47-year old asked:

What can cause an elevated alpha fetoprotein level?

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A 40-year old asked:

What's alpha-fetoprotein (afp) in amniotic fluid?

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A 38-year old asked:

What is human tumor necrosis factor tnf alpha and why is it so painful?

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A 39-year old asked:

What can cause low AFP (alpha fetoprotein) levels in a pregnant woman?

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A 29-year old asked:

What is human tumor necrosis factor alpha and why is its use?

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A 28-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: tumor necrosis factor-alpha?

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A 32-year old asked:

When did alpha fetoprotein testing start?

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A 28-year old female asked:

Can dehydration cause slightly elevated alpha fetoprotein?

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A 42-year old asked:

What are alpha-fetoprotein tests in pregnancy for?

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A 38-year old asked:

My blood level of alpha fetoprotein is 29. What does this mean?

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A 43-year old asked:

With cirrhosis what is the relevance of elevated alpha fetoprotein?

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A 47-year old asked:

Testing in pregnancy showed elevated alpha-fetoprotein. What does it mean?

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A 52-year old male asked:

Is AFP (Alpha Fetoprotein) test used to detect any kind of cancer in the body? I.e higher value will indicate that there is cancer somewhere in body.

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A 34-year old asked:

What alpha fetoprotein level would suggest hepatocellular carcinoma?

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A 35-year old asked:

I had an amniotic fluid test which showed a high concentration of alpha-fetoprotein. What does this mean?

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A 34-year old asked:

What are those tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockers?

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A 40-year old asked:

What is the tumor necrosis factor alpha?

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A 25-year old male asked about a 61-year old female:

Mom age 60 ct: large lobulated mixed hypodense masses of 15x10 cm in toto in right lobe of liver afp alpha-fetoprotein = 4.46 iu/ml is cancer or not?

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A 41-year old asked:

Does low levels of tumor marker indicate no more cancer?

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A 45-year old asked:

I was wondering what does "p s a" mean in a tumor marker blood test?

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A 60-year old female asked:

I have been diagnosed with a hydrosalpinx and had tumor markers blood tests.All were ok except the ca-125 was 36.7. Is that dangerous?

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A 42-year old female asked:

I have been neck and lower back xrays because of pain and some bloodtests. C3c4c5 disc narrowing and l4 l5s1. We also did some tumor marker as my family has a history with cancer and S100B came up H n 0.000 and 0.105 mine is 0.110?

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A 52-year old male asked:

My tumor markers are PSA 0.73 ng/ml,AFP 6.14 IU/ml, CEA 1.34 ng/ml, CA-19.9 16.62 U/ml. Should I investigate further since my AFP is high?

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A 32-year old male asked:

What is the best indicator of cancer: "tumor markers" or "paraneoplastic autoantibodies"? I have signs of cancer and neurological autoimmunity.

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A member asked:

What does ovarian tumor marker score 13 mean?

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A 40-year old asked:

What is the normal range of ca 15-3 tumor marker?

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A 48-year old female asked:

If tumor markers are consistently rising does it mean tamoxifen isn't working? My ca27-29 went from the 20's to 48 to 52 and now 66 since october.

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A 32-year old male asked:

If "tumor markers" are not very useful in finding cancer, why do doctors test blood for "tumor markers"?

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A 43-year old female asked:

What will happen when my mother comes to the last few days of her life? She is 84, has stage 4 hepatoma, tumor marker @ 1140

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