Imishinga yo gupima poroteyine ya Alpha-feto (AFP) ni ingenzi mu bikorwa by'ubuvuzi, cyane cyane mu gusuzuma no gusuzuma kanseri y'umwijima n'ibibazo by'imyororokere y'umwana uri mu nda.

Ku barwayi ba kanseri y'umwijima, gupima AFP bishobora gukoreshwa nk'ikimenyetso cy'inyongera cyo gusuzuma kanseri y'umwijima, bigafasha mu kuyibona no kuyivura hakiri kare. Byongeye kandi, gupima AFP bishobora no gukoreshwa mu gusuzuma akamaro ka kanseri y'umwijima n'uburyo itera imbere. Mu kwita ku babyeyi batwite, ikizamini cya AFP gikoreshwa no gusuzuma ibibazo bishobora kuvuka mu mwana ukiri muto, nk'ibisesenguzi by'imitsi n'ibisesenguzi byo mu nda. Muri make, gupima alpha-fetoprotein bifite akamaro gakomeye ko gusuzuma no gusuzuma indwara.

Aha Baysen Meidcal yibanda ku guhanga udushya mu ikoranabuhanga, ateza imbere ibikoresho byo gupima POCT, kandi akoresha uburyo busanzwe bwo kwagura isoko ry’ubuvuzi, hagamijwe kuba umuyobozi mu bijyanye no gusuzuma POCT byihuse.Agakoresho ko gupima Alpha-fetoproteinifite ubuhanga bwo hejuru kandi ifite ubushobozi bwo gupima, ishobora kubona ibisubizo byihuse, ikwiriye gupimwa.