====== Serum alpha-fetoprotein ======

see [[Alpha-fetoprotein]].

[[Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein]].
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Abnormally elevated serum AFP may occur in [[ovarian cancer]], stomach cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, pancreas cancer, as well as in [[cirrhosis]] or [[hepatitis]] and in the majority of gravid women carrying a fetus with an [[open neural tube defect]]; 

Serum AFP>500ng/ml usually means primary [[liver tumor]].