For many years, Humlegaarden has researched and used tumor
markers and consequently we have great experience using and
interpreting these.

What is a tumor marker?

Tumor markers are substances at a higher concentration, found
in the blood, urine or tissue of cancer patients. They can
originate from the tumor itself or from the normal tissue which
produces these substances as a response to the presence of
cancer.

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The tumor markers often used are the following:

Specific

CEA (carcino embryonic antigene)
Cancer of the rectum and colon cancer.
Sometimes also useable in breast cancer
and other sorts of cancer.

CA-19-9
Pancreas cancer, bladder cancer, stomach cancer, cancer
of the rectum.
colon cancer.

CA-15-3
Breast cancer, sometimes in cases of pancreas cancer,
lung cancer and
ovarian cancer.

S-100 betaMalignant melanoma

NSE (neuron specific enolase)
Small cell lung cancer and neuroblastom

PSA
Prostate cancer

AFP (Alfaphoetoprotein totally)
Primary liver cancer – testicle cancer.
Germ cell neoplasms.

AFP – fractional
Used to distinguish between liver ailments and
germ cell neoplasms,
stomach cancer, pancreas cancer or other kinds of cancer.

HCG (human choriongonadotropine)
Germ cell neoplasms choriocarnom.
Testicle cancer.

SCC (squamous cell carcinoma)
All kinds of cancer originating from pladeepitel: e.g.
cancer of the cervix,
cancer of the ear, nose and throat, lung cancer,
cancer of the esophagus.

TUMOR M2-PK
Cancer of the pleura (mesotheliom), kidney cancer
(renal cell cancer) –
lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) –
. many adenocarcinomas.

BETA-2MICROGLUBULIN
Lymphoma (Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin)

M-component in serum/urine
Myelomatose

Ca-125
Ovarian cancer and other gynaecological cancers.

Chromogranin A:
Increased in cases of neuroendocrine tumors.

Of the non-specific markers can be added which –
in many cases – can be used as a measurement for
aggressiveness, especially if you have no specific marker.

The non-specific markers can be:

    - Ferritin
    - LDH
    - Alkalisk Fosfatase
    - Tetranectin

There are many other tumor markers than the above-mentioned, and the whole tumor marker field as a whole is
growing very fast.
We have mentioned the most used and practical ones. In Denmark, all tumor markers mentioned on our list can be
measured using an ordinary blood sample, and the blood
sample can be taken at any laboratory.
Subsequently the laboratory can submit the blood sample to
e.g. the Capio laboratory in Copenhagen or Statens
Seruminstitut.