The significance of the change pattern of serum CA125 level for judging prognosis and diagnosing recurrences of epithelial ovarian cancer

Table 3 The relationship between serum CA125 levels in recurrences and finding lesions by imaging examinations

Serum CA125 levels after treatment (U/ml)	Imaging (CT, MRI) diagnosis
Serum CA125 levels after treatment (U/ml)	Positive (case %)	Negative (case %)	P
≥100^{a, b}	21 (52.5 %)	2 (18.2 %)	0.397^a
35–100^{a, c}	14 (35.0 %)	3 (27.3 %)	0.003^b
≤35^{b, c}	5 (12.5 %)	6 (54.5 %)	0.041^c
Total	40	11

^a: Comparison between patients with CA125 ≥ 100 U/ml and patients with CA125 35–100 U/ml
^b: Comparison between patients with CA125 ≥ 100 U/ml and patients with CA125 ≤ 35 U/ml
^c: Comparison between patients with CA125 35–100 U/ml and patients with CA125 ≤ 35 U/ml

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