Clinical Significance and Role of TK1, CEA, CA 19-9 and CA 72-4 levels in Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancers

Singh, Swarnima; Kumar, Rakesh; Kumar, Uday; Kumari, Rekha

doi:10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.11.3133

Clinical Significance and Role of TK1, CEA, CA 19-9 and CA 72-4 levels in Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancers

Document Type : Research Articles

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¹ Department of Biochemistry, Netaji Subhas Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India.

² Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.

³ Department of Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.

10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.11.3133

Abstract

To explore the diagnostic value, pre-operative serum thymidine kinase 1(TK1), CEA, CA 19-9 and CA 72-4 levels were measured in 106 patients with colorectal carcinoma (53 colon and 53 rectal carcinoma patients) and 53 healthy controls. Sandwich Elisa, biotin-labeled antibody kit was used for TK1, and other tumor markers were measured using electro-chemiluminescence. Serum TK1 levels were significantly higher in CRC than in healthy controls (p <0.05) and showed significant associations with tumor stage, histopathological grade, lymph node status and metastasis (p <0.01). TK1 showed the highest (0.824-0.862) area under receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) in comparison to other markers, and the AUC of the panel of combination tests performed even better (0.935-0.952). Significant variation was observed between the single biomarker test and their combination (Z test, p <0.01) and the Hosmer-Lemeshow test showed an adequate model of calibration. The algorithm based on combination of TK1, CEA, CA19-9 and CA72-4 can improve the diagnostic efficiency in CRC patients.

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