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CA19‐9 and apolipoprotein‐A2 isoforms as detection markers for pancreatic cancer: a prospective evaluation
- Abstract:
- Recently, we identified unique processing patterns of apolipoprotein A2 (ApoA2) in patients with pancreatic cancer. Our study provides a first prospective evaluation of an ApoA2 isoform (“ApoA2‐ATQ/AT”), alone and in combination with carbohydrate antigen 19–9 (CA19‐9), as an early detection biomarker for pancreatic cancer. We performed ELISA measurements of CA19‐9 and ApoA2‐ATQ/AT in 156 patients with pancreatic cancer and 217 matched controls within the European EPIC cohort, using plasma samples collected up to 60 months prior to diagnosis. The detection discrimination statistics were calculated for risk scores by strata of lag‐time. For CA19‐9, in univariate marker analyses, C‐statistics to distinguish future pancreatic cancer patients from cancer‐free individuals were 0.80 for plasma taken ≤6 months before diagnosis, and 0.71 for >6–18 months; for ApoA2‐ATQ/AT, C‐statistics were 0.62, and 0.65, respectively. Joint models based on ApoA2‐ATQ/AT plus CA19‐9 significantly improved discrimination within >6–18 months (C = 0.74 vs. 0.71 for CA19‐9 alone, p = 0.022) and ≤ 18 months (C = 0.75 vs. 0.74, p = 0.022). At 98% specificity, and for lag times of ≤6, >6–18 or ≤ 18 months, sensitivities were 57%, 36% and 43% for CA19‐9 combined with ApoA2‐ATQ/AT, respectively, vs. 50%, 29% and 36% for CA19‐9 alone. Compared to CA19‐9 alone, the combination of CA19‐9 and ApoA2‐ATQ/AT may improve detection of pancreatic cancer up to 18 months prior to diagnosis under usual care, and may provide a useful first measure for pancreatic cancer detection prior to imaging.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1002/ijc.31900
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- Wiley
- Journal:
- International Journal of Cancer More from this journal
- Volume:
- 144
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 1877-1887
- Publication date:
- 2018-09-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-07-13
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1097-0215
- ISSN:
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0020-7136
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pubs:923369
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pubs:923369
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923369
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- Copyright holder:
- Union for International Cancer Control
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 UICC. This is the the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.31900
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