“Evaluating patients’ response to ovarian cancer therapy Predicting recurrent ovarian cancer”

“Evaluating patients with documented prostate problems in whom multiple prostate-specific antigen tests may be necessary per year Monitoring patients with a history of prostate cancer as an early indicator of recurrence and response to treatment”

Diagnosis and treatment of a variety of diseases involving the liver, kidney, or bone marrow, as well as other metabolic or nutritional disorders

“Monitoring patients for retained products of conception Aiding in the diagnosis of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), testicular tumors, ovarian germ cell tumors, teratomas, and, rarely, other human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-secreting tumors Serial measurement of hCG following treatment for: -Monitoring therapeutic response in GTD or in hCG-secreting tumors -Detecting persistent or recurrent GTD or hCG-secreting tumors This test is not intended to detect or monitor pregnancy.”

“Second-order testing when cortisol measurement by immunoassay (eg, CORT / Cortisol, Serum) gives results that are not consistent with clinical symptoms, or if patients are known to, or suspected of, taking exogenous synthetic steroids. For confirming the presence of synthetic steroids, order SGSS / Synthetic Glucocorticoid Screen, Serum. An adjunct in the differential diagnosis of primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency An adjunct in the differential diagnosis of Cushing syndrome”

“Diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency Differential diagnosis of causes of rickets and osteomalacia Monitoring vitamin D replacement therapy Diagnosis of hypervitaminosis D”