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Table 2 Biomarker performance of each gene promoter methylation for LC, PCa and CRC detection in ccfDNA

From: Early detection of the major male cancer types in blood-based liquid biopsies using a DNA methylation panel

Genes

AUC (95 % CI)

p-value

Cut-off value

Sensitivity % (95% CI)

Specificity % (95% CI)

Accuracy % (95% CI)

Positive likelihood ratio (LR+) (95% CI)

Negative likelihood ratio (LR-) (95% CI)

 

Lung Cancer

APCme

0.556 (0.482-0.631)

0.136

7.2629

26 (18-36)

85 (77-90)

60 (53-66)

1.7 (1.0-2.9)

0.87 (0.76-1.00)

FOXA1me

0.579 (0.505-0.653)

0.037

301.1682

38 (29-48)

77 (69-84)

61 (54-67)

1.7 (1.1-2.5)

0.80 (0.67-0.96)

RARβ2me

0.599 (0.525-0.674)

0.009

0.3548

24 (16-33)

96 (92-99)

65 (59-71)

6.4 (2.5-16.2)

0.79 (0.71-0.89)

RASSF1Ame

0.602 (0.528-0.677)

0.007

14.5588

25 (17-34)

96 (91-98)

65 (59-71)

5.6 (2.4-13.0)

0.79 (0.70-0.89)

SEPT9me

0.596 (0.522-0.671)

0.011

9.1907

21 (13-30)

99 (95-100)

65 (59-71)

14.0 (3.4-58.4)

0.81 (0.73-0.89)

SOX17me

0.619 (0.546-0.693)

0.002

70.0725

29 (21-39)

94 (89-97)

66 (60-72)

5.0 (2.4-10.4)

0.75 (0.66-0.86)

LC panel

-

-

-

66 (56-75)

70 (61-77)

68 (62-74)

2.2 (1.6-2.9)

0.49 (0.37-0.66)

 

Prostate Cancer

FOXA1me

0.719 (0.656-0.782)

<0.001

295.8133

61 (52-70)

77 (69-84)

70 (64-75)

2.7 (1.9-3.8)

0.50 (0.40-0.64)

GSTP1me

0.564 (0.493-0.634)

0.078

36.7086

15 (9-22)

98 (94-100)

59 (52-65)

6.7 (2.0-22.3)

0.87 (0.80-0.94)

HOXD3me

0.650 (0.583-0.717)

<0.001

320.9365

80 (72-87)

43 (34-51)

60 (54-66)

1.4 (1.2-1.7)

0.47 (0.31-0.70)

RARβ2me

0.594 (0.524-0.664)

0.010

5.2251

22 (15-31)

96 (92-99)

61 (55-67)

6.1 (2.4-15.3)

0.81 (0.73-0.89)

RASSF1Ame

0.543 (0.472-0.614)

0.232

0.5627

13 (8-21)

96 (91-98)

57 (51-64)

3.0 (1.2-7.4)

0.91 (0.84-0.98)

SEPT9me

0.550 (0.479-0.621)

0.164

7.7096

12 (6-19)

99 (95-100)

58 (51-64)

7.9 (1.8-33.9)

0.90 (0.84-0.96)

SOX17me

0.611 (0.542- 0.681)

0.002

16.153

29 (21-38)

93 (88-97)

63 (57-69)

4.4 (2.2-8.7)

0.76 (0.67-0.86)

PCa panel

-

-

-

72 (63-80)

72 (64-79)

72 (66-77)

2.6 (1.9-3.5)

0.39 (0.29-0.53)

 

Colorectal cancer

SEPT9me

0.533 (0.458 - 0.608)

0.383

265.2606

8 (4-15)

100 (97-100)

61 (54-67)

-

0.92 (0.87-0.97)

SOX17me

0.550 (0.475 - 0.625)

0.189

732.3866

11 (6-19)

100 (97-100)

62 (56-68)

-

0.89 (0.83-0.95)

CRC panel

-

-

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12 (6-20)

100 (97-100)

63 (56-69)

-

0.88 (0.82-0.95)

  1. LC panel—FOXA1me, RARβ2me, RASSF1Ame and SOX17me; PCa panel—FOXA1me, RARβ2me, RASSF1Ame and GSTP1me; CRC panel—SEPT9me and SOX17me