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ArticleChinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu2019

An enrichment model using regular health examination data for early detection of colorectal cancer.

Qiang Shi, Zhaoya Gao, Pengze Wu, Fanxiu Heng, Fuming Lei, Yanzhao Wang, Qingkun Gao, Qingmin Zeng, Pengfei Niu, Cheng Li and 1 more

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Article in Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Qiang ShiDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Zhaoya GaoDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Pengze WuPeking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Fanxiu HengKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Information Technology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China.
Fuming LeiDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Yanzhao WangDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Qingkun GaoDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Qingmin ZengDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Pengfei NiuDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Cheng LiDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Jin GuDepartment of General Surgery, Shougang Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

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Abstract

objectiveChallenges remain in current practices of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, such as low compliance, low specificities and expensive cost. This study aimed to identify high-risk groups for CRC from the general population using regular health examination data.

methodsThe study population consist of more than 7,000 CRC cases and more than 140,000 controls. Using regular health examination data, a model detecting CRC cases was derived by the classification and regression trees (CART) algorithm. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was applied to evaluate the performance of models. The robustness and generalization of the CART model were validated by independent datasets. In addition, the effectiveness of CART-based screening was compared with stool-based screening.

resultsAfter data quality control, 4,647 CRC cases and 133,898 controls free of colorectal neoplasms were used for downstream analysis. The final CART model based on four biomarkers (age, albumin, hematocrit and percent lymphocytes) was constructed. In the test set, the area under ROC curve (AUC) of the CART model was 0.88 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.87-0.90] for detecting CRC. At the cutoff yielding 99.0% specificity, this model's sensitivity was 62.2% (95% CI, 58.1%-66.2%), thereby achieving a 63-fold enrichment of CRC cases. We validated the robustness of the method across subsets of test set with diverse CRC incidences, aging rates, genders ratio, distributions of tumor stages and locations, and data sources. Importantly, CART-based screening had the higher positive predictive value (1.6%) than fecal immunochemical test (0.3%).

conclusionsAs an alternative approach for the early detection of CRC, this study provides a low-cost method using regular health examination data to identify high-risk individuals for CRC for further examinations. The approach can promote early detection of CRC especially in developing countries such as China, where annual health examination is popular but regular CRC-specific screening is rare.

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Classification and regression treescolorectal cancerregular health examination dataroutine lab test biomarkers

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