Transport specimen at Room Temperature to lab
Sample haemolysis may make this test unreportable
Clinical notes must be completed
If pregnant female, please state pregancy in weeks
AFP is useful in monitoring some testicular germ cell tumours and primary hepatocelluar carcnioma. After treatment, eg. orchidectomy, levels fall with a half-life of approximately 45 days. Values > 500 ug/L are suggestive of malignancy
However 50% of all malignancies have values < 500 ug/L. AFP can also be raised in a variety of non-malignant liver disorders, where levels are usually < 100 ug/L. | 
