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20 September 2020: Lab/In Vitro Research

The Clinical Role of Preoperative Serum CA19-9 and Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) Levels in Evaluating the Resectability of Advanced Gallbladder Cancer

Wencong Ma BCF* , Wei Li DE* , Jinghan Wang DF* , Rui Wu BC , Chen Liu D , Feiling Feng AF* , Xiaoqing Jiang AEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.925017

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e925017

Table 3 The predictive accuracy of preoperative serum CEA, CA19-9, and adjusted CA19-9 concentrations for gallbladder cancer respectability.

Resectability (R0 resection)
CEA <4.05 ng/mLCA19-9 <78.5 U/mLAdjusted CA19-9 <47.63 U/mL
No. patients169150153
Sensitivity (%)66.9064.5069.82
Specificity (%)60.0070.7075.00
PPV (%)66.9072.6777.12
NPV (%)60.0062.2667.31
CA19-9 – carbohydrate antigen 19-9; CEA – carcinoembryonic antigen; PPV – positive predictive value; NPV – negative predictive value.

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Medical Science Monitor eISSN: 1643-3750
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