title: Comparison of three tumor markers--CA-125, lipid-associated sialic acid (LSA), and NB/70K--in monitoring ovarian cancer.
abstract: The monitoring value of three tumor markers--CA-125, lipid-associated sialic acid (LSA), and NB/70K--alone and in combination has been studied in 152 patients with invasive, epithelial ovarian cancer. The sensitivity and specificity of CA-125 (90 and 92%, respectively) were superior to those of LSA (79 and 63%, respectively) and NB/70K (76 and 74%, respectively). CA-125 by itself showed equal or higher sensitivity as well as higher specificity than in combinations with either LSA or NB/70K. CA-125 predicted cancer at second-look in 87% of cases as did LSA and NB/70K in 70 and 57%, respectively. In patients with negative second-look, CA-125 predicted the disease status in 93% as did LSA and NB/70K in 54 and 63%, respectively. On the basis of these data, the value of simultaneous determination of LSA and NB/70K, in addition to the clinically established CA-125, seems to be limited. This is due mainly to the lack of specificity of LSA and NB/70K. However, the sensitivity and specificity of CA-125 in this study were in the upper reported range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petru
authors.forename: B U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Sevin
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Averette
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Koechli
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Perras
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hilsenbeck
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D008055:Lipids; D012794:Sialic Acids; C054080:lipid-associated sialic acid; C017589:ovarian tumor associated antigen; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid