血清纤维细胞生长因子-19在肝细胞癌的潜在诊断作用
Ahmed Hamed Rashad1, Mohamed Oraby2, Amaal A Abdelaal3
1Clinical Oncology Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
|September 29, 2024
概括
纤维细胞生长因子-19 (FGF-19) 显示为肝细胞癌 (HCC) 的非侵入性生物标志物具有前途. FGF-19有效地将HCC与健康对照区分开来,并且可以将HCC与肝硬化区分开来,特别是在与其他标记物相结合时.
科学领域:
- 肝胆道医学 肝胆道医学
- 瘤学 诊断 诊断 瘤学
- 生物标志物研究 生物标志物研究
背景情况:
- 准确的肝细胞癌 (HCC) 诊断对于改善患者生存率至关重要.
- 目前存在的HCC生物标志物,如α-fetoprotein (AFP) 和Des-γ-carboxy prothrombin (DCP),在诊断准确性方面存在局限性.
- 纤维细胞生长因子-19 (FGF-19) 在HCC中经常过度表达,这表明它有可能成为一种新的诊断标志物.
研究的目的:
- 评估纤维细胞生长因子-19 (FGF-19) 作为肝细胞癌 (HCC) 的非侵入性血清生物标志物的诊断潜力.
- 为了比较FGF-19对已确定的HCC生物标志物的疗效,包括AFP和DCP.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项病例对照研究,有114名参与者,均分为三个组:高血癌患者 (n=38),肝硬化患者 (n=38) 和健康对照组 (n=38).
- 在所有参与者身上测量了FGF-19,AFP和DCP的血清水平.
- 进行了统计分析,以比较各组的标志物水平,并确定诊断性能.
主要成果:
- FGF-19,DCP和AFP水平在三组之间显示出显著差异,DCP在HCC和肝硬化组之间是可比的.
- FGF-19在区分HCC与健康对照时表现出100%的灵敏度和特异性.
- 在140.8 pg/mL的截止值下,FGF-19在区分HCC与肝硬化时获得了81.8%的灵敏度和87.9%的特异性,在灵敏度方面表现优于AFP (p=0.095).
- 将FGF-19与AFP或DCP结合起来,提高了HCC检测的灵敏度,但降低了特异性.
结论:
- FGF-19是一种有前途的非侵入性血清生物标志物,用于诊断肝细胞癌 (HCC).
- 将FGF-19与AFP或DCP结合使用可以提高HCC检测的灵敏度.
- 进一步的研究可能会探索优化的组合,以提高临床实践中的诊断准确性.
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