1st-order laboratory parameters-obligatory laboratory tests.
- Small blood count
- Differential blood count
- Inflammatory parameters – CRP (C-reactive protein) or ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate).
- Liver parameters – alanine aminotransferase (ALT, GPT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST, GOT), glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (gamma-GT, GGT).
- Alkaline phosphatase
Laboratory parameters 2nd order (for follow-up).
- SCC, Cyfra (for: squamous cell carcinoma; 60-80% of cases).
- CEA (in: adenocarcinoma; 30-40% of cases).
