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Table 3 Diagnostic accuracy for discriminating between benign ovarian diseases and epithelial ovarian cancer

From: Preoperative HE4, CA125 and ROMA in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant adnexal masses

BOD vs EOC

Marker

ROC-AUC (95 % CI)

Cutoff optimal/preferred

Sensitivity (%) optimal/preferred

Specificity (%) optimal/preferred

PPV (%) optimal/preferred

NPV (%) optimal/preferred

all

HE4

0.895 (0.838–0.951)

72.3 / 140 (pmol/l)

84.1 / 67.1

86.3 / 97.5

45.2 / 87.4

97.6 / 92.1

CA125

0.879 (0.818–0.941)

62.2 / 35 (U/ml)

83.1 / 81.9

82.4 / 74.1

41.6 / 36.9

93.9 / 96.2

ROMA

0.918 (0.853–0.938)

20.1 / 11.4; 29.9 (%)

86.2 / 84.8

86.8 / 88.2

39.4 / 36.3

94.4 / 96.6

pre-menopausal

HE4

0.845 (0.806–0.894)

70.3 / 140 (pmol/l)

83.5 / 68.2

89.8 / 98.6

46.2 / 86.4

96.7 / 94.4

CA125

0.833 (0.753–0.944)

64.6 / 35 (U/ml)

87.0 / 86.6

84.1 / 70.9

44.8 / 33.6

94.8 / 96.1

ROMA

0.854 (0.778–0.876)

14.9 / 11.4 (%)

86.8 / 86.2

89.1 / 88.8

42.1 / 39.6

97.2 / 98.7

post-menopausal

HE4

0.916 (0.841–0.979)

109.1 / 140 (pmol/l)

83.8 / 87.1

96.9 / 94.2

86.8 / 92.8

89.6 / 86.2

CA125

0.904 (0.855–0.943)

39.4 / 35 (U/ml)

84.1 / 91.9

96.7 / 89.8

91.7 / 83.2

92.8 / 94.4

ROMA

0.931 (0.898–0.959)

33.4 / 29.9 (%)

89.0 / 86.8

95.9 / 92.2

91.9 / 89.4

94.2 / 94.9

  1. BOD benign ovarian diseases, EOC epithelial ovarian cancer