View source for 47. The most important non-specific laboratory tests that suggest the presence of malignant diseases.

* In any cancer
** Elevated CRP or ESR (without infection or other explanatory cause)
* Multiple myeloma
** Extremely high ESR
* GI cancer
** Chronic microcytic anaemia
* Leukaemias
** Leukocytosis
** Anaemia
** Thrombocytopaenia
** Blasts in bone marrow or blood
** Abnormal differentiation
* Bone tumors
** ALP increase
* Lung cancer
** LDH increase
* Bile duct cancer
** Bilirubin increase
* Neuroendocrine tumors
** Hormones
* During chemo
** Bone marrow depression
** LDH increase
** Uric acid increase

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