June 24, 2025A CA 125 blood test measures a protein that ovarian and pelvic tissue releases when it is irritated or inflamed…- June 24, 2025The CA 19-9 blood test measures a substance that the pancreas and bile ducts release into the bloodstream, and doctors…
- June 24, 2025The CEA blood test measures carcinoembryonic antigen, a protein doctors use mainly to follow colorectal cancer over time rather than…
- June 24, 2025An AFP blood test measures alpha-fetoprotein, a protein your body produced in large amounts before you were born and makes…
- June 24, 2025A PSA blood test measures prostate-specific antigen, a protein made by your prostate — not by cancer. That distinction matters…
- June 20, 2025A 17-hydroxyprogesterone test measures a steroid your adrenal glands make on the way to producing cortisol, and it is the…
- June 20, 2025An LH blood test measures luteinising hormone, a messenger made by the pituitary gland at the base of your brain.…
- June 20, 2025An FSH blood test measures follicle-stimulating hormone, the pituitary signal that tells the ovaries to grow eggs and the testicles…
- June 20, 2025A PTH blood test measures parathyroid hormone, the hormone that acts as your body's thermostat for calcium. Here is the…
- June 20, 2025A cortisol blood test measures the main hormone your adrenal glands release under stress, and its result depends almost entirely…
