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ArticleScientific reports2020

Clinical usefulness of high levels of C-reactive protein for diagnosing epithelial ovarian cancer.

Desheng Yang, Haini Li, Xiaoyan Sun, Shengmei Yang, Kewei Wang, Zongtao Liu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Desheng YangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Qingdao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Qingdao Hiser Hospital), Qingdao, 266011, China.
Haini LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Qingdao Sixth People's Hospital, Qingdao, 266001, China.
Xiaoyan SunDepartment of Gynecology, Affiliated Qingdao Third People's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266021, China.
Shengmei YangDepartment of Gynecology, Qingdao University Affiliated Hospital, Qingdao, 266001, China.
Kewei WangDepartment of Pharmacology, Qingdao University School of Pharmacy, Qingdao, 266021, China.
Zongtao LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Qingdao Third People's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266021, China. liutao009@163.com.
Qingdao University · CNQingdao Eighth People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic role of CRP in ovarian cancer and to assess whether CRP can be combined with tumor markers to enhance the diagnostic efficacy toward ovarian cancer. Area under the curve, sensitivity, and specificity were calculated to access the diagnostic ability of each singly and combined as markers for ovarian cancer. The CRP cut-off value was then calculated to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of CRP for ovarian cancer. Our results showed that values for all markers were significantly higher in the cancer group than in the control group. Receiver operating characteristic curve results showed that CA125 had the highest diagnostic efficacy for ovarian cancer, while the sensitivity for CRP was higher than for CA125, and the specificity for CRP was equal to that of CA125. The combination of CRP, CA125, and HE4, however, provided the strongest diagnostic capability. Furthermore, the diagnostic cut-off value for CRP with regard to ovarian cancer was 9.8 mg/L, and high levels of CRP were correlated with stage and tumor size of ovarian cancer. Our study indicated that CRP is valuable in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, and that combining CRP with CA125 and HE4 improved the diagnostic efficacy with respect to ovarian cancer.

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Adenocarcinoma, MucinousBiomarkers, TumorCase-Control StudiesC-Reactive ProteinCystadenocarcinoma, SerousEndometrial NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedOvarian NeoplasmsPrognosisROC CurveBiomarkers, TumorC-Reactive Protein

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PMID33208875
PMCPMC7674498
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