Relevance of blood tumor markers in inpatients with significant involuntary weight loss and elevated levels of inflammation biomarkers

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Gronnier Morgane,Hedhli Kaies,Sauzay Chloé,Salle Valéry,Duhaut Pierre,Schmidt Jean,Dernoncourt Amandine

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Abstract Purpose To assess the diagnostic performance of a panel of standard tumor markers (TMs) in patients hospitalized with significant involuntary weight loss (IWL) and elevated levels of inflammation biomarkers, and a combination of the TM panel and the finding of the computed tomography (CT) scan. Methods We conducted a retrospective study in the internal medicine department at Amiens-Picardie University Medical Center (Amiens, France) between January 1st, 2015, and November 1st, 2021. The inclusion criteria were age 18 or over, significant IWL (≥ 5 kg over 6 months), elevated inflammation biomarkers (e.g. C-reactive protein), and assay data on two or more standard TMs (carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19 − 9, CA 15 − 3, CA 125, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), calcitonin, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA)). The result of each TM assay was interpreted qualitatively (as positive or negative), according to our central laboratory’s usual thresholds. Results Cancer was diagnosed in 50 (37.0%) of the 135 patients included. Positivity for one or more TMs had a positive predictive value (PPV) of 0.55 [0.43–0.66], and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 0.84 [0.75–0.93] for cancer diagnosis. When combined with the presence of suspicious CT findings (e.g. a mass, enlarged lymph nodes and/or effusion), positivity for one or more TMs had a PPV of 0.92 [0.08–0.30]. In the absence of suspicious CT findings, a fully negative TM panel had an NPV of 0.96 [0.89-1.00]. Conclusion A negative TM panel argues against the presence of a cancer, especially in the absence of suspicious CT findings.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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