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Overview
This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and includes the following elements.
- Course Overview 30 mins
- Background
  - Definition, advantages, and disadvantages of tumour marker tests
- Diagnosis
  - Diagnosing cancer, interpreting tumour marker results
- Management
  - How to order tumour marker tests, the consequences of inappropriate ordering
- Optional quiz to assess learning goals from the course
- A list of useful links and resources for further reading
Goals
During this course you will learn:
- What tumour markers are.
- About the advantages and disadvantages of tumour marker tests.
- How cancer is diagnosed.
- How to interpret the presence of tumour markers.
- About the positive predictive values of tumour marker tests in primary care.
- About other tests which can help guide a diagnosis of cancer.
- Which tumour marker tests can be ordered in primary care and which should not be ordered.
- How to order tumour marker tests.
- About the consequences of inappropriate ordering of tumour marker tests.

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Tumour Markers

Text 30 mins No CPD, certificate only

Topics covered

Haematology

Date created

07/04/2021

Last revision

05/01/2022

Next revision

07/04/2026

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