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Table 4 Estimates of sensitivity and specificity for the protein panel based on the discovery and replication data

From: A two-step strategy for identification of plasma protein biomarkers for endometrial and ovarian cancer

Comparison

Proteins

Best point

AUC

Minimum specificity of 0.95 (screening)

Minimum sensitivity of 0.95 (diagnostic)

Sensitivity

Specificity

Sensitivity

Specificity

Sensitivity

Specificity

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Analysis discovery

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage I–II

All

0.68

0.07

0.73

0.08

0.72

0.33

0.11

0.96

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.07

0.08

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage III–IV

All

0.93

0.04

0.93

0.03

0.95

0.86

0.07

0.96

0.01

0.96

0.00

0.54

0.25

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage I–IV

All

0.79

0.04

0.85

0.04

0.86

0.61

0.07

0.96

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.18

0.10

Population ontrols versus ovarian cancer stage I–II

All

0.70

0.07

0.75

0.07

0.74

0.43

0.07

0.96

0.01

0.97

0.01

0.02

0.05

Population controls versus ovarian cancer stage III–IV

All

0.94

0.03

0.96

0.03

0.97

0.92

0.05

0.96

0.01

0.97

0.01

0.47

0.29

Population controls versus ovarian stage I–IV

All

0.75

0.05

0.87

0.05

0.86

0.66

0.06

0.95

0.00

0.96

0.01

0.13

0.10

Benign tumors versus endometrial cancer

All

0.77

0.05

0.79

0.05

0.83

0.45

0.11

0.96

0.01

0.97

0.01

0.09

0.11

Population controls versus endometrial cancer

All

0.69

0.06

0.78

0.06

0.76

0.43

0.07

0.95

0.00

0.97

0.01

0.07

0.07

Ovarian cancer versus endometrial cancer

All

0.84

0.04

0.88

0.04

0.89

0.64

0.17

0.97

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.42

0.16

Replication

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage I–II

All

0.73

0.08

0.74

0.07

0.76

0.29

0.11

0.97

0.01

0.97

0.01

0.19

0.14

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage III–IV

All

0.88

0.03

0.92

0.03

0.92

0.81

0.07

0.96

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.58

0.15

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage I–IV

All

0.83

0.04

0.87

0.04

0.89

0.68

0.10

0.97

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.48

0.12

Population ontrols versus ovarian cancer stage I–II

All

0.62

0.09

0.68

0.11

0.63

0.24

0.12

0.97

0.01

0.97

0.01

0.06

0.10

Population controls versus ovarian cancer stage III–IV

All

0.85

0.03

0.92

0.04

0.89

0.78

0.09

0.97

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.35

0.15

Population controls versus ovarian stage I–IV

All

0.77

0.05

0.85

0.05

0.86

0.62

0.10

0.96

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.21

0.11

Benign tumors versus endometrial cancer

All

0.70

0.06

0.67

0.07

0.72

0.22

0.09

0.97

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.25

0.08

Population controls versus endometrial cancer

All

0.64

0.07

0.72

0.08

0.71

0.24

0.14

0.97

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.10

0.06

Ovarian cancer versus endometrial cancer

All

0.73

0.03

0.77

0.04

0.78

0.36

0.06

0.96

0.00

0.96

0.00

0.11

0.06

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage I–II

CA125/HE4

0.73

0.08

0.73

0.07

0.78

0.38

0.11

0.97

0.01

0.97

0.01

0.30

0.16

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage III–IV

CA125/HE4

0.87

0.03

0.87

0.04

0.90

0.74

0.06

0.97

0.02

0.96

0.01

0.37

0.12

Benign tumors versus ovarian cancer stage I–IV

CA125/HE4

0.79

0.03

0.87

0.04

0.87

0.67

0.06

0.97

0.01

0.96

0.01

0.39

0.10

Population ontrols versus ovarian cancer stage I–II

CA125/HE4

0.59

0.08

0.77

0.10

0.66

0.35

0.11

0.97

0.01

0.97

0.01

0.14

0.07

Population controls versus ovarian cancer stage III–IV

CA125/HE4

0.84

0.03

0.89

0.04

0.86

0.74

0.07

0.97

0.01

0.96

0.00

0.17

0.09

Population controls versus ovarian stage I–IV

CA125/HE4

0.77

0.03

0.88

0.05

0.81

0.65

0.08

0.96

0.00

0.96

0.01

0.14

0.07