Diagnostic value of combined detection of serum alpha-fetoprotein, α-Lfucosidase, carcinoembryonic antigen and glycoprotein antigen 19-9 for liver cancer
XU Hong-jun
Clinical Laboratory, Ji′an Central People′s Hospital
Abstract:Objective To analyze the diagnostic value of combined detection of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), α-Lfucosidase (AFU), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and glycoprotein antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) for liver cancer.Methods The clinical data of 136 patients with liver disease treated in our hospital from January 2015 to October 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.According to the results of pathological examination, the clinical data of 64 patients with primary liver cancer were selected as the observation group, the clinical data of 72 patients with non-neoplastic liver disease were selected as the control group.The levels of AFP,AFU,CEA and CA19-9 were detected by fully automated immunochemiluminescence analyzer and automatic biochemical analyzer.The levels of AFP, AFU, CEA and CA19-9 were compared in the two groups.The pathological examination results were used as the gold standard, and the combined diagnostic accuracy, specificity and sensitivity of each index were calculated.Results The levels of AFP, AFU, CEA and CA19-9 in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).The diagnostic sensitivity (90.63%) and accuracy (90.44%) of AFP+CEA+AFU were higher than those AFP+CA19-9+CEA (67.19%, 77.21%), AFP+CA19-9+AFU (67.19%, 75.74%), CA19-9+CEA+AFU (64.06%, 74.26%),the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).There were no significant differences in diagnostic sensitivity,specificity and accuracy between AFP+CEA+AFU and AFP+CA19-9+CEA+AFU (P>0.05).Conclusion The combined detection of AFP, CEA and AFU can be used in the screening of liver cancer, which is helpful to improve the diagnostic efficiency of liver cancer, and thus provide guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer, and reduce the risk of missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis.