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Prostate specific antigen: Prostate cancer:: Amylase: _____________

Prostate specific antigen: Prostate cancer:: Amylase: _____________ Correct Answer Pancreatic cancer

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a glycoprotein with a mild protease activity. PSA is tumor marker for prostate cancer which detects stage and monitors treatment for the same. In the same way, amylase acts as marker for pancreatic cancer. Markers for liver cancer are aldolase, alkaline phosphatase, LDH, 5I – nucleotidase and γ-glutamyl transferase. Markers for leukemia are alkaline phosphatase, LDH etc. For ovarian cancer, placental alkaline phosphatase acts as a marker.

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Statements : In Japan, the incidence of stomach cancer is very high, while that of bowel cancer is very low. But Japanese immigrate to Hawaii, this is reversed - the rate of bowel cancer increases but the rate of stomach cancer is reduced in the next generation. All this is related to nutrition - the diets of Japanese in Hawaii are different than those in Japan.

Conclusions :
I. The same diet as in Hawaii should be propagated in Japan also.
II. Bowel cancer is less severe than stomach cancer.
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