Abstract:
Objective To explore the clinical significance of combined detection of plasma (cytokerantin-19-fragment, CYFRA21-1) and carbohydrate antigen tumor markers levels for lung cancer diagnosis.
Methods The plasma CYFRA21-1 and carbohydrate antigen(CA125, CA199 and CA153) levels were measured with radio immunoassay and chemiluminescent immunoassay in 184 patients with lung cancer(including 81 cases of lung squanous carcinoma, 68 cases of adeno-carcinoma, 35 cases of small cell lung cancer), and then compared with 51 patients with benign lung disease and 60 healthy controls.The sensitivities, specificities and accuracies of different combination of those markers for the diagnosis of lung cancer were compared.
Results The plasma CYFRA21-1 and carbohydrate antigen(CA125, CA199 and CA153) levels in 184 patients with lung cancer were significantly higher than those in 51 patients with benign lung disease(tCYFRA21-1=5.637, P < 0.001; tCA125=3.106, P < 0.01; tCA199=4.456, P < 0.001; tCA153=3.763, P < 0.01) and 60 healthy controls(tCYFRA21-1=8.612, tCA125=4.067, tCA199=4.872, tCA153=8.673, all P < 0.001).Compared with the 60 healthy controls, plasma levels of CYFRA21-1 in 51 cases with benign lung disease were significantly higher(tCYFRA21-1=6.327, P < 0.001); CA125 and CA153 levels were increased(tCA125=2.264, tCA153=2.343, P < 0.05); and there are no significant difference in CA199 levels(tCA199=1.761, P>0.05).In 184 lung cancer patients, the plasma CYFRA21-1 levels in 81 patients with lung squanous-carcinoma was the highest, but the plasma CA125, CA199, and CA153 levels in 68 patients with lung sdeno-careinoma were the highest.The CYFRA21-1 had the highest sensitivity(59.78%) and accuracy(70.17%) and CA199 had the highest specificity(28.83%) for detecting lung cancer.The combined detection of the four items has the highest sensitivity and accuracy(93.48% and 86.44%) in the diagnosis of lung cancer, obviously higher than single or two items combined detection.
Conclusions The plasma CYFRA21-1, CA125, CA199 and CA153 were valuable tumor markers for the diagnosis of lung cancer.The combination of the tumor markers could improve the diagnostic sensitivity and accuracy.