title: Hormones as tumor markers.
abstract: At present, hormones are clinically useful markers only for a minority of tumors, but in certain cases they are important for the diagnosis as well as for the follow-up of patients after treatment. In the future their application as tumor markers may be expanded by the use of methods such as radioimmunodetection and the study of hormone precursors and fragments.
mesh_terms: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000032:analysis; D006728:Hormones / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D009377:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D006728:Hormones; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic