Research Article

Clinical Evaluation and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Serum Tumor Markers in Lung Cancer

Table 4

The sensitivity, specificity, and Youden’s index of the four markers individually and in combination.

Tumor markersSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)Youden’s index
AdenocarcinomaSquamous cell lung cancerSmall cell lung cancerLung cancer

SCCA7.35 (5/68)50.00 (28/56)12.50 (1/8)25.76 (34/132)94.29 (132/140)0.20
NSE47.06 (32/68)50.00 (28/56)50.00 (4/8)48.48 (64/132)91.43 (128/140)0.40
CEA58.82 (40/68)35.71 (20/56) 0.00 (0/8)45.45 (60/132)89.29 (125/140)0.35
CYFRA21-129.41 (20/68)71.43 (40/56)12.50 (1/8)46.21 (61/132)97.14 (136/140)0.43
SCCA + NSE47.06 (32/68)67.86 (38/56)62.50 (5/8)56.82 (75/132)91.43 (128/140)0.48
SCCA + CEA58.82 (40/68)69.64 (39/56)12.50 (1/8)60.61 (80/132)89.29 (125/140)0.50
SCCA + CYFRA21-129.41 (20/68)71.43 (40/56)25.00 (2/8)46.97 (62/132)90.71 (127/140)0.38
NSE + CEA66.18 (45/68)71.43 (40/56)50.00 (4/8)67.42 (89/132)89.29 (125/140)0.57
NSE + CYFRA21-152.94 (36/68)78.57 (44/56)62.50 (5/8)64.39 (85/132)88.57 (124/140)0.53
CEA + CYFRA21-158.82 (40/68)78.57 (44/56)12.50 (1/8)64.39 (85/132)89.29 (125/140)0.54
SCCA + NSE + CEA67.65 (46/68)75.00 (42/56)62.50 (5/8)70.45 (93/132)89.29 (125/140)0.60
SCCA + NSE + CYFRA21-152.94 (36/68)78.57 (44/56)75.00 (6/8)65.15 (86/132)88.57 (124/140)0.54
SCCA + CEA + CYFRA21-158.82 (40/68)91.07 (51/56)25.00 (2/8)70.45 (93/132)89.29 (125/140)0.60
NSE + CEA + CYFRA21-166.18 (45/68)89.29 (50/56)62.50 (5/8)75.76 (100/132)88.57 (124/140)0.64
SCCA + NSE + CEA + CYFRA21-167.65 (46/68)91.07 (51/56)75.00 (6/8)78.03 (103/132)85.00 (119/140)0.63