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   Alpha fetoprotein (AFP)


  • Blood

  • Adult: 2-16 ng/ml
  • Normal pregnancy: 550 ng/ml

  • Tumor marker for paticular type of malignancy in non-pregnant adults
  • To monitor the tumor's response to antineoplastic medication.

  • Nonpregnancy
    1. Gonadal germinal tumor
    2. Primary cancer of the liver
    3. Cancer of the pancreas, gall bladder, bile duct, or stomach
  • Pregnancy
    1. Spina bifida
    2. Myelomeningocele
    3. Anencephaly
    4. Fetal death

  • Recent radioisotopic scan

 





 


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