26th August 2020

An obese 67-year-old man is seen by oncology after having been referred on the two-week-wait pathway

An obese 67-year-old man is seen by oncology after having been referred on the two-week wait pathway. He had presented with extreme fatigue and was noted to have a distended abdomen. He has type 2 diabetes, oesophageal reflux, hypertension and smokes up to 20 cigarettes a day. His general practitioner suspects hepatocellular cancer and has done several blood tests, one of which came back very elevated. 

Which of the following tumour markers is most likely to have come back raised?

Select the SINGLE most appropriate option from the list below. Select ONE option only.