甲胎蛋白及其临床应用进展

Alpha-fetoprotein and its clinical application

甲胎蛋白已被发现50余年，日前临床常用于肿瘤，特别是肝癌的诊断、疗效评价及复发的判断，同时作为良好的肿瘤标志物之一，广泛应用于健康体检。其临床应用并不局限于肝癌领域，在多种良性疾病或非肝癌肿瘤方面也有良好的应用价值。

Alpha-fetoprotein （AFP） was first discovered over 50 years ago, and is currently applied clinically in diagnosis, effects evaluation and relapse judgement of tumors especially for the primary hepalocellular carcinomas. And as an effective tumor marker, AFP test has become one of the essential items in physical examination. However, its clinical application is not limited to primary hepatoeellular eareinomas, and its great application value has been proved in many benign diseases and other tumors （non-hepatic carcinomas）.