Normetanephrine This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Normetanephrine".
Normetanephrine is a metabolite of norepinephrine created by action of catechol-O-methyl transferase on norepinephrine. It is excreted in the urine and found in certain tissues. It is a marker for catecholamine-secreting tumors such as pheochromocytoma.
testicular cancer: βHCG · Alpha-fetoprotein/AFP-L3 · CD30
prostate cancer: Prostate specific antigen · Prostatic acid phosphatase · Glutamate carboxypeptidase II · erbB-3 receptor · Early prostate cancer antigen-2 · SPINK1 · GOLPH2 · PCA3
pancreatic cancer: CA 19-9 · Carcinoembryonic antigen
lung cancer: Carcinoembryonic antigen · Enolase 2 · Autocrine motility factor
neuroendocrine tumors: Synaptophysin
brain tumor: PCNA
lymphoma: Neprilysin