CA-125:CA72-4 ratio - towards a promising cost-effective tool in ovarian cancer diagnosis and monitoring of post-menopausal women under hormone treatment.


Journal

Journal of ovarian research
ISSN: 1757-2215
Titre abrégé: J Ovarian Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101474849

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 Aug 2024
Historique:
received: 15 07 2024
accepted: 05 08 2024
medline: 11 8 2024
pubmed: 11 8 2024
entrez: 10 8 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Ovarian cancer (OC) is the most lethal gynecological cancer in the developed world. Most cases are diagnosed at late stage III-IV with a very low 5-year overall survival rate. Several studies revealed an elevated risk of OC in users of hormone treatment (HT) compared with non-users. The extended duration of HT is a statistically significant risk factor. Carbohydrate antigen or cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) remains the best screening tool for OC; however, its value is limited due to low specificity, leading to unnecessary interventions, surgeries, and psychological harm. Additionally, the variability of ultrasound interpretation highlights the urgent need to develop a univariate index with higher sensitivity and specificity for early diagnosis of OC in women under HT. Herein we critically review the limitations of biomarkers for the detection of OC aiming to suggest an accurate and cost-effective diagnostic ratio that eliminates the impact of body mass index, age, HT, smoking, and benign ovarian diseases on measurements. Numerous studies combine biomarkers such as CA-125, human epididymis protein 4, and thymidine kinase 1 into diagnostic algorithms. Data suggest that the expression of estrogen receptors may have diagnostic and prognostic value, as the estrogen receptor α (ERα):estrogen receptor β (ERβ) ratio is significantly higher in OC than in normal tissue due to ERβ downregulation. A high positive correlation between expression of CA-125 and carbohydrate antigen or cancer antigen 72 - 4 (CA72-4) with ERα and ERβ, respectively, poses that a novel ratio CA-125:CA72-4 could be nodal for monitoring post-menopausal women under HT.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39127704
doi: 10.1186/s13048-024-01487-0
pii: 10.1186/s13048-024-01487-0
doi:

Substances chimiques

CA-125 Antigen 0
Biomarkers, Tumor 0
Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate 0
CA-72-4 antigen 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

164

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Angeliki Margoni (A)

Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.

Antonios N Gargalionis (AN)

Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Medical School, 'Attikon' University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 12462, Greece.

Athanasios G Papavassiliou (AG)

Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece. papavas@med.uoa.gr.

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