title: Ectopic hormones as tumor markers.
abstract: Certain cancers are able to synthesize, store, and secrete peptide hormones. In some cases the hormones possess sufficient biologic activity to produce identifiable paraneoplastic syndromes. Occasionally the measurement of one or more of these hormones in the plasma or serum is clinically useful for monitoring tumor activity.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000097:blood; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000097:blood; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006062:Gonadotropins; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D002116:Calcitonin