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