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SynthesisTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2014

Serum Helicobacter pylori CagA antibody may not be used as a tumor marker for diagnosing gastric cancer in east Asian countries.

Zhicheng Zhao, Yuhong Li, Shengxin Liu, Weihua Fu

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Synthesis in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025
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  3. Novel CagA ELISA exhibits enhanced sensitivity ofWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhicheng ZhaoDepartment of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, China.
Yuhong Li
Shengxin Liu
Weihua Fu
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · CNChenguang Research Institute of Chemical Industry · CNHubei Zhongshan Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer (GC) is a highly malignant cancer with increasing incidence and mortality worldwide. Serum Helicobacter pylori CagA antibody has been widely reported to play an important role in diagnosing GC. However, published data on this subject are inconclusive. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of serum H. pylori CagA antibody in the diagnosis of GC. We conducted a comprehensive search to identify eligible related studies, in which the pooled sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curves could be determined. A total of 12 studies including 1,524 cases and 3,324 controls who fulfilled all of the inclusion criteria were included for analysis. The summary estimates for serum H. pylori CagA antibody in the diagnosis of GC in these studies were pooled sensitivity 0.71 (95 % CI 0.69-0.73), specificity 0.40 (95 % CI 0.39-0.42), DOR 2.11 (95 % CI 1.55-2.8), and the area under the curve was 0.636. Our meta-analysis showed that serum H. pylori CagA antibody should not be used for detecting GC.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialAsia, EasternBacterial ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansOdds RatioReproducibility of ResultsROC CurveSensitivity and SpecificityStomach NeoplasmsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorcagA protein, Helicobacter pylori

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