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CA

CA 15-3 (carbohydrate antigen 15-3)

Selected Tumor Markers Tables

CA 19-9 (carbohydrate antigen 19-9)

Selected Tumor Markers Tables

CA-125 (carbohydrate antigen 125)

Selected Tumor Markers Tables

Cabergoline

Hypopituitarism: Treatment
Galactorrhea: Treatment

  • in ovulation problems

  • Problems With Ovulation: Treatment

    Cachexia

    Undernutrition: Symptoms

    Café au lait spots

    Neurofibromatosis: Symptoms and Diagnosis

    Caffeine

  • in apnea of prematurity

  • Apnea of Prematurity: Treatment

  • headache and

  • Tension-Type Headaches: Treatment

  • during pregnancy

  • Drug Use During Pregnancy: Caffeine

    Caisson disease

    Decompression Sickness
    Breathing Air Under High PressureSidebar
    High Risk Factors for DivingSidebar

    Calcaneal enthesopathy

    Plantar Fasciosis

    Calcitonin

  • in calcium regulation

  • Calcium

  • in medullary thyroid cancer

  • Cancer: Medullary Cancer

  • in osteoporosis

  • Osteoporosis: Drugs

  • in Paget's disease of bone

  • Paget's Disease of Bone: Treatment

    Calcitriol

    see also Vitamin D
    Kidneys: Secretion of Hormones

    Calcium

    MineralsTables
    Calcium

  • cancer risk and

  • Diet and Cancer: Calcium

  • dietary

  • during breastfeeding

  • Home (What to Expect)

  • deficiency of

  • Symptoms of Nutrient DeficienciesTables

  • in celiac disease

  • Celiac Sprue: Symptoms

  • high blood levels of (hypercalcemia)

  • see also Hypercalcemia
    Calcium: Hypercalcemia
    What Is Hyperparathyroidism?Sidebar

  • in vitamin D excess

  • Vitamin D: Vitamin D Excess

  • kidney regulation of

  • Kidneys: Secretion of Hormones

  • in kidney stones

  • Stones in the Urinary Tract

  • low blood levels of (hypocalcemia)

  • Calcium: Hypocalcemia

  • in DiGeorge anomaly

  • DiGeorge Anomaly

  • in osteoporosis prevention

  • Osteoporosis: Diet and Exercise

  • reference range for

  • Blood Tests Tables

    Calcium carbonate

  • in kidney failure

  • Chronic Kidney Failure: Symptoms

  • in peptic ulcer

  • Peptic Ulcer: Antacids
    Drugs Used to Treat Peptic DisordersTables

    Calcium channel blockers

    Overview of Drugs: Drug Groups

  • in arrhythmias

  • Some Drugs Used to Treat ArrhythmiasTables

  • in cardiomyopathy

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Treatment

  • in coronary artery disease

  • Angina: Drug Therapy
    Drugs Used to Treat Coronary Artery DiseaseTables

  • food interactions with

  • Some Drug-Food InteractionsTables

  • gingivitis and

  • Gingivitis: Drug-Induced Gingivitis

  • in high blood pressure

  • High Blood Pressure: Drug Therapy
    Antihypertensive DrugsTables

    Calcium gluconate

    Magnesium: Hypermagnesemia

    Calcium polycarbophil

    Drugs Used to Prevent or Treat ConstipationTables

    Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease (pseudogout)

    Pseudogout

    Calculi

    see Stones

    Calculus (tartar)

    Tooth Disorders

    Calendar method, in family planning

    Contraception: Natural Family Planning Methods
    All in the Timing: Natural Family PlanningFigures

    California cone sting

    Marine Animal Stings and Bites

    Calix

    Viewing the Urinary TractFigures
    Kidneys

    Calluses

    Corns and Calluses

    Caloric testing

    Vertigo: Physical Examination

    Calories

    Calories
    How Are Calories in Foods Measured?Sidebar

  • deficiency of

  • Undernutrition
    How Starvation Affects the BodyTables
    Causes of UndernutritionSidebar

  • exercise and

  • Calories Expended During ExerciseTables

  • in older people

  • Spotlight on AgingSidebar

  • requirements for

  • Calories

    Calorimetry

    How Are Calories in Foods Measured?Sidebar

    Calymmatobacterium granulomatis infection

    Granuloma Inguinale

    Campylobacter infection

    Microorganisms That Cause GastroenteritisTables
    Campylobacter Infections
    Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Other)

    Campylobacter infection

    Gastroenteritis: Bacteria

    Canaliculitis

    Canaliculitis

    Canaliculus

  • lacrimal

  • Viewing the Lacrimal StructuresFigures

    Cancer

    Overview of Cancer
    Most Common Cancers in Men and Women*Tables

  • age and

  • Risk Factors for Cancer: Age

  • alternative medicine for

  • Alternative Medicine

  • anus

  • Anal Cancer

  • bile duct

  • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Symptoms
    Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Prognosis and Treatment
    Primary Liver Cancers: Other Primary Liver Cancers
    Tumors of the Bile Ducts and Gallbladder

  • bladder

  • Bladder Cancer

  • bleeding in

  • Symptoms: Bleeding

  • blood cell

  • see Leukemia

  • bone

  • Bone and Joint Tumors

  • bone marrow

  • see Leukemia

  • brain

  • Brain Tumors
    Tumors That Originate in or Near the Brain Tables
    Common Symptoms of Some Brain TumorsSidebar
    Understanding Tumor TreatmentSidebar

  • headache with

  • How Headaches Differ Tables
    Brain Tumors: Symptoms

  • breast

  • see also Breasts, cancer of
    Cancer

  • carcinoid

  • Carcinoid Tumors

  • cardiac

  • Cancerous Tumors

  • cervix

  • see also Cervix, cancer of
    Symptoms: Causes
    Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Cervical Cancer

  • chemical causes of (carcinogens)

  • Development and Spread: Initiation
    Risk Factors for Cancer: Environmental Factors
    Some CarcinogensTables

  • chemotherapy for

  • see also Chemotherapy
    Chemotherapy
    Chemotherapy DrugsTables

  • childhood

  • Childhood Cancers

  • chronic meningitis with

  • Chronic Meningitis: Treatment

  • colorectal

  • Colorectal Cancer
    Staging Colon CancerFigures

  • ulcerative colitis and

  • Ulcerative Colitis: Complications

  • complications of

  • Some Complications of Cancer Tables
    What Are Paraneoplastic Syndromes?Sidebar

  • depression in

  • Symptoms: Depression

  • development of

  • Development and Spread
    Some CarcinogensTables

  • diagnosis of

  • Diagnosis
    Cancer Screening Recommendations Tables
    Selected Tumor Markers Tables

  • diet and

  • Diet and Cancer

  • digestive system

  • Tumors of the Digestive System
    Rare Types of Stomach CancerSidebar
    Rare Types of Small-Intestinal CancerSidebar
    Staging Colon CancerFigures
    Rare Types of Pancreatic CancerSidebar

  • carcinoid

  • Carcinoid Tumors

  • drug resistance in

  • Tolerance and Resistance

  • ear

  • Tumors

  • embolism with

  • Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Unusual Types of Emboli

  • endometrium

  • Symptoms: Causes
    Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Cancer of the Uterus
    Understanding HysterectomySidebar

  • hormone replacement therapy and

  • Menopause: Hormone Therapy

  • environmental factors in

  • Risk Factors for Cancer: Environmental Factors

  • esophagus

  • Esophageal Cancer

  • eye

  • Cancers Affecting the Retinal

  • eyelid

  • Eyelid Tumors

  • fallopian tube

  • Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Fallopian Tube Cancer

  • family history and

  • Risk Factors for Cancer: Family History and Genetic Factors

  • fatigue in

  • Symptoms: Weight Loss and Fatigue

  • gallbladder

  • Tumors of the Bile Ducts and Gallbladder

  • gastrin production and

  • Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome: An Acid-Stimulating CancerSidebar

  • genetic factors and

  • Risk Factors for Cancer: Family History and Genetic Factors
    Genes That Cause CancerSidebar

  • geographic variation in

  • Risk Factors for Cancer: Geography

  • hypercalcemia and

  • Calcium: Causes

  • immune system and

  • Defenses Against Cancer

  • immunotherapy for

  • Immunotherapy

  • information resources on

  • Ca - Cy

  • jaw

  • Cancerous Growths: Types of Oral Cancer

  • kidney

  • Kidney Cancer

  • in kidney transplant recipient

  • Kidney Transplantation

  • larynx

  • Laryngeal Cancer
    Speech Without Vocal CordsSidebar

  • lip

  • Cancerous Growths: Symptoms

  • liver

  • Primary Liver Cancers: Hepatoma

  • lung

  • see also Lungs, cancer of
    Cancer of the Lungs
    Deaths Due to Lung CancerFigures
    Uncommon Lung TumorsSidebar

  • lymphatic system

  • see Lymphoma

  • lymph nodes in

  • Symptoms: Swollen Lymph Nodes
    Finding a Lump in the NeckSidebar

  • lymphocytic leukocytosis in

  • Lymphocytic Leukocytosis

  • markers of

  • Diagnosis: Screening
    Diagnosis: Diagnosis
    Selected Tumor Markers Tables

  • metastatic

  • see Metastasis

  • in monoclonal gammopathy

  • Monoclonal Gammopathies of Undetermined Significance

  • mouth

  • Cancerous Growths

  • in multiple endocrine neoplasia

  • see Multiple endocrine neoplasia

  • neck lump in

  • Finding a Lump in the NeckSidebar

  • nervous system

  • Tumors of the Nervous System
    Tumors That Originate in or Near the Brain Tables
    Common Symptoms of Some Brain TumorsSidebar
    Understanding Tumor TreatmentSidebar
    Tumors That Originate in or Near the Spinal Cord Tables

  • in children

  • Neuroblastoma

  • neurologic symptoms of

  • Symptoms: Neurologic and Muscular Symptoms

  • nose

  • Nasopharyngeal Cancer

  • oral color changes with

  • Color Changes in the MouthSidebar

  • orbit

  • Tumors

  • ovary

  • Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Ovarian Cancer

  • pain in

  • Symptoms: Pain

  • pancreas

  • Pancreatic Cancer
    Rare Types of Pancreatic CancerSidebar

  • paranasal sinus

  • Paranasal Sinus Cancer

  • paraneoplastic syndromes in

  • Cancer of the Lungs: Complications
    What Are Paraneoplastic Syndromes?Sidebar

  • penis

  • Growths on the Penis

  • peritoneum

  • Asbestosis
    Asbestosis: Prevention and Treatment

  • pineal gland

  • Tumors That Originate in or Near the Brain Tables
    Common Symptoms of Some Brain TumorsSidebar

  • pituitary gland

  • Tumors That Originate in or Near the Brain Tables
    Brain Tumors: Symptoms
    Common Symptoms of Some Brain TumorsSidebar

  • plasma cell

  • Multiple Myeloma

  • pleura

  • Asbestosis
    Asbestosis: Prevention and Treatment
    Pleural Effusion: Effusions Caused by Cancers

  • plexus disorders with

  • Plexus Disorders: Causes

  • during pregnancy

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Cancer

  • prevention of

  • Selected Strategies for Preventing Some Major Health ProblemsTables
    Prevention
    Preventing CancerSidebar

  • prostate

  • see also Prostate gland, cancer of
    Cancer
    Common Methods and Strategies for Treating Prostate CancerTables

  • radiation therapy for

  • see also Radiation therapy
    Radiation Therapy
    Combination Therapy
    Radiation Injury: Radiation Therapy for Cancer

  • renal pelvis

  • Renal Pelvis and Ureter Cancer

  • respiratory symptoms of

  • Symptoms: Respiratory Symptoms

  • retina

  • Cancers Affecting the Retinal

  • in children

  • Retinoblastoma

  • risk factors for

  • Risk Factors for Cancer

  • salivary gland

  • Salivary Gland Disorders: Salivary Gland Swelling
    Cancerous Growths: Types of Oral Cancer

  • screening for

  • see also Screening, tests for cancer
    Diagnosis: Screening
    Cancer Screening Recommendations Tables

  • skin

  • see also Skin, cancer of
    Sunlight and Skin Damage: Sunlight and Skin Damage
    Actinic Keratoses: Precancerous GrowthsSidebar
    Skin Cancers
    Mohs' Microscopically Controlled SurgerySidebar
    Warning Signs of MelanomaSidebar
    Growths on the Penis

  • small intestine

  • Small Intestine Cancer
    Rare Types of Small-Intestinal CancerSidebar

  • spinal cord

  • Spinal Cord Tumors
    Tumors That Originate in or Near the Spinal Cord Tables

  • spread of

  • Development and Spread: Spread

  • staging of

  • Diagnosis: Staging

  • stomach

  • Stomach Cancer
    Rare Types of Stomach CancerSidebar

  • ulcers and

  • Peptic Ulcer: Causes

  • surgery for

  • Surgery
    Combination Therapy

  • symptoms of

  • Symptoms

  • terminology for

  • Talking About CancerSidebar

  • testis

  • Cancer of the Testes

  • tests for

  • Diagnosis
    Cancer Screening Recommendations Tables
    Selected Tumor Markers Tables

  • throat

  • Nasopharyngeal Cancer

  • thymus gland

  • Neuromuscular Junction Disorders: Myasthenia Gravis
    Neuromuscular Junction Disorders: Treatment

  • thyroid gland

  • Thyroid Gland Disorders: Diagnostic Tests
    Cancer

  • tongue

  • Tongue Disorders: Sores and Bumps
    Cancerous Growths: Risk Factors

  • tonsils

  • Tonsillar Cancer

  • treatment of

  • see also Chemotherapy; Immunotherapy; Radiation therapy
    Treatment Principles
    Response to TreatmentSidebar
    Chemotherapy DrugsTables

  • side effects of

  • Chemotherapy: Side Effects

  • types of

  • Overview of Cancer: Types of Cancer

  • ureter

  • Renal Pelvis and Ureter Cancer

  • urethra

  • Urethral Cancer

  • urinary tract

  • Cancers of the Kidney and Urinary Tract

  • uterus

  • see also Uterus, cancer of
    Symptoms: Causes
    Menopause: Hormone Therapy
    Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Cancer of the Uterus
    Understanding HysterectomySidebar

  • vagina

  • Symptoms: Causes
    Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Vaginal Cancer

  • viral infection and

  • Viruses and Cancer: A Link Tables

  • vocal cord

  • Vocal Cord ProblemsFigures

  • vulva

  • Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Vulval Cancer

  • warning signs of

  • Symptoms and Diagnosis of Cancer
    Warning Signs of CancerSidebar
    Warning Signs of MelanomaSidebar

  • weight loss in

  • Symptoms: Weight Loss and Fatigue

    Candidiasis

    Candidiasis

  • in diaper rash

  • Rashes

  • esophageal

  • Infection

  • genital

  • Candidiasis: Symptoms
    Symptoms: Causes
    Vaginal Infections
    Some Vaginal InfectionsTables
    Vaginal Infections: Treatment

  • in HIV infection

  • Common Opportunistic Infections Associated With AIDSTables

  • mucocutaneous, chronic

  • Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis

  • nail (paronychia)

  • Infections: Chronic Paronychia

  • oral (thrush)

  • Tongue Disorders: Discomfort
    Gingivitis: Gingivitis due to Infections
    Immunodeficiency Disorders: Symptoms
    Candidiasis: Symptoms

  • skin

  • Candidiasis

  • urinary tract

  • Urinary Trac