title: Enzymes in cancer.
abstract: Serum enzyme measurements are not useful in screening for cancer or in primary diagnosis. Just as is the case for other tumor markers, they have an important role in confirming diagnosis and establishing the stage of disease. They also are useful in predicting prognosis and then in following the course of the disease.
authors: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
authors: M K
authors: MK
authors: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D004253:DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase / Q000097:blood; D006602:Hexosyltransferases / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D009113:Muramidase / Q000097:blood; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D004253:DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000681:Amylases; D009113:Muramidase; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase