Table 6 Comparison of sensitivity and specificity of the αFP levels for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of several studies
Authors | αFP 10–16 (ng/mL) | αFP 20 (ng/mL) | αFP 100 (ng/mL) | αFP 200 (ng/mL) | αFP 300 (ng/mL) | αFP 400 (ng/mL) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S (%) | E (%) | S (%) | E (%) | S (%) | E (%) | S (%) | E (%) | S (%) | E (%) | S (%) | E (%) | |
Oka et al 1994 | 39 | 76 | 13 | 97 | ||||||||
Pateron et al 1994 | 50 | 86 | 21 | 93 | ||||||||
Peng et al 1999 | 65 | 87 | 45 | 100 | ||||||||
Tong et al 2001 | 41 | 94 | ||||||||||
Trevisani et al 2001 | 62.4 | 89.4 | 60 | 90.6 | 31.2 | 98.8 | 22 | 99 | 22.4 | 99.4 | 17.1 | 99.4 |
Gebo et al 2002* | 60 | 0–64 | 100 | |||||||||
Nguyen et al 2002 | 78.4 | 61.1 | 63 | 80 | 41.4 | 97.3 | 32 | 100 | ||||
Gupta et al 2003* | 41–65 | 80–94 | ||||||||||
Farinati et al 2006 | 54 | 18 | ||||||||||
Arrieta 2007+ | 63.2 | 95.9 | 60.6 | 95.9 | 47.2 | 99 | 36.3 | 100 | 22.8 | 100 | 20.2 | 100 |