Abstract: Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of PIVKA-Ⅱ on primary liver cancer (PLC).
Methods A total of 436 patients with liver diseases were enrolled in our hospital from December 2015 to
May 2016, including 108 cases with PLC, 108 cases with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), 111 cases with chronic
hepatitis C (CHC), and 109 cases with liver cirrhosis. The serum PIVKA-Ⅱ and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
levels were measured by electrochemiluminescence in all patients. The sensitivity, specificity and AUS of
PIVKA-Ⅱ, AFP and PIVKA-Ⅱcombined with AFP in diagnosing primary liver cancer were analyzed.
Results The serum levels of PIVKA-Ⅱ(mAu/ml) in PLC group, CHB group, CHC group and liver cirrhosis
group were 1708.5 (14, 75000), 24 (10, 916), 26 (4, 83) and 22 (1.13), respectively. The median value of
PIVKA-Ⅱ in PLC group was significantly higher than those in CHB group, CHC group and liver cirrhosis
group (Z = -10.899, -10.414, -11.415, P < 0.001). The serum levels of AFP (ng/ml) in PLC group, CHB
group, CHC group and liver cirrhosis group were 436.3 (0.79, 7121000), 3.49 (0.61, 1614), 4.12 (1.08,
73.26) and 4.57 (0.73, 9422), respectively. The median value of AFP in PLC group was significantly higher
than those in CHB group, CHC group and liver cirrhosis group (Z = -8.937, -9.124, -9.001, P < 0.001). The
sensitivity of PIVKA-Ⅱ, AFP and AFP combined with PIVKA-Ⅱ in diagnosing PLC were 90.40%, 94.15%
and 92.51%, respectively, which had no significant difference (χ 2 = 4.105,P = 0.318). The specificity of
PIVKA-Ⅱ, AFP and AFP combined with PIVKA-Ⅱ in diagnosing PLC were 82.41%, 61.11% and 81.48%,
respectively. The specificity of PIVKA-Ⅱ and PIVKA-Ⅱ combined with AFP in the diagnosis of PLC were
significantly higher than that of AFP (χ 2 = 3.167, P = 0.014), which had no statistical difference between
PIVKA-Ⅱ and PIVKA-Ⅱ combined with AFP (χ 2 = 4.973, P = 0.403). Conclusion The diagnosing value of
serum PIVKA-Ⅱ in primary liver cancer is higher than that of AFP, but has no difference between PIVKA-Ⅱ
combined with AFP.
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