Cancer Screening Center, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.
Division of Screening Technology, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 23;10(1):18202. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75319-8.
The diagnostic performance of serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 levels for multiple-organ cancer screening has not been fully elucidated. However, they are widely used for real-world opportunistic screening of multiple-organ cancers. This study aimed to examine the diagnostic performance of these serum markers in multiple-organ cancer screening. Data from asymptomatic individuals subjected to opportunistic cancer screening were analyzed. The diagnostic performance of CEA and CA 19-9 was assessed for (A) upper/lower gastrointestinal cancers and (B) whole-body cancers (including both gastrointestinal and other organ cancers) using the results of upper/lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and whole-body imaging as reference. Data from 12,349 and 7616 screened individuals were used to assess the diagnostic performance of CEA and CA 19-9 for (A) and (B), respectively. For (A), the sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) of CEA (cut-off: 5 ng/mL) were 7.8% and 3.7%, respectively; those of CA19-9 (cut-off: 37 U/mL) were 7.4% and 2.7%, respectively. For (B), the sensitivity and PPV of CEA were 6.6% and 4.1%, respectively, and those of CA19-9 were 10.8% and 5.8%, respectively. Considering even multiple cancers, the sensitivity and PPV of CEA and CA 19-9 were low, thus confirming their limited usefulness in multiple-organ cancer screening.
血清癌胚抗原(CEA)和糖链抗原(CA)19-9 水平用于多种器官癌症筛查的诊断性能尚未完全阐明。然而,它们被广泛用于实际情况中的多种器官癌症机会性筛查。本研究旨在检验这些血清标志物在多种器官癌症筛查中的诊断性能。分析了接受机会性癌症筛查的无症状个体的数据。使用上/下消化道内镜和全身成像的结果作为参考,评估了 CEA 和 CA 19-9 对(A)上/下消化道癌症和(B)全身癌症(包括胃肠道和其他器官癌症)的诊断性能。使用 12349 名和 7616 名筛查个体的数据,分别评估了 CEA 和 CA 19-9 对(A)和(B)的诊断性能。对于(A),CEA(临界值:5ng/mL)的敏感性和阳性预测值(PPV)分别为 7.8%和 3.7%;CA19-9(临界值:37U/mL)的敏感性和 PPV 分别为 7.4%和 2.7%。对于(B),CEA 的敏感性和 PPV 分别为 6.6%和 4.1%,CA19-9 的敏感性和 PPV 分别为 10.8%和 5.8%。即使考虑到多种癌症,CEA 和 CA 19-9 的敏感性和 PPV 也较低,这证实了它们在多种器官癌症筛查中的有限用途。