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ArticleCancer medicine2022

Serum tumor markers level and their predictive values for solid and micropapillary components in lung adenocarcinoma.

Zhihua Li, Weibing Wu, Xianglong Pan, Fang Li, Quan Zhu, Zhicheng He, Liang Chen

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Zhihua Li *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Weibing Wu *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4416-9046
Xianglong PanDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Fang LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Quan ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zhicheng HeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Liang ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7985-4273
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNAmerican Institute of Biological Sciences · US

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Abstract

backgroundThis study aims to reveal the serum tumor marker (STM) levels in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) histological subtypes and evaluate their values in predicting the solid and micropapillary components (SMC).

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed 3100 invasive LUAD patients between January 2017 and December 2020. Associations between preoperative STMs (CEA, CYFRA21-1, CA199, CA724, NSE, AFP) and LUAD subtypes were evaluated. Multivariate regression analyses were used to determine the independent predictors. Predictive models for SMC were constructed and AUC (area under the curve) was calculated.

resultsCEA and CYFRA21-1 levels differed across the LUAD histological subtypes, with the SPA (solid-predominant adenocarcinoma) having the highest level and the LPA (lepidic-predominant adenocarcinoma) harboring the lowest level (p <0.001). Tumors with SMC also had higher CEA and CYFRA21-1 levels than those absence of SMC. Gender, tumor size, CEA, Ki-67, EGFR mutation (solid components only), and tumor differentiation were significantly independently associated with the containing of SMC. Patients were split into two data sets (training set: 2017-2019 and validation set: 2020). The model with gender and tumor size yielded an AUC of 0.723 (training set) and 0.704 (validation set) for the solid component. Combination of CEA, gender, and tumor size led to a significant increase in the predictive accuracy (training set: 0.771, p = 0.009; validation set: 0.747, p = 0.034). The AUC of the model for micropapillary component with only gender and tumor size was 0.699 and 0.711 in the training set and validation set, respectively. Integration of CEA with gender and tumor size significantly improved the predictive performance with an AUC of 0.746 (training set, p = 0.045) and 0.753 (validation set, p <0.001).

conclusionSerum CEA and CYFRA21-1 varied considerably according to LUAD histological subtypes. The combination of serum CEA and other factors showed prominent values in predicting the SMC.

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AdenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma of LungLung NeoplasmsAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoembryonic AntigenHumansKeratin-19Retrospective Studiesantigen CYFRA21.1Antigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoembryonic AntigenKeratin-19histological subtypeslung adenocarcinomapredictive modelsserum tumor markerssolid and micropapillary components

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