Soluble POSTN is a novel biomarker complementing CA153 and CEA for breast cancer diagnosis and metastasis prediction

作者：Li Jia, Guanhua Li, Na Ma, Aimin Zhang, Yunli Zhou, Li Ren, Dong Dong · 发表于：BMC Cancer · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1186/s12885-022-09864-y · 被引用次数：46 · 研究领域：Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling、IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways、Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases

Abstract Background Breast cancer (BCa) is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. Reliable biomarkers for early diagnosis and metastasis prediction are essential to improve the prognosis of BCa. This study aimed to evaluate serum periostin (POSTN) as a novel biomarker complementing CA153 (carbohydrate antigen 153) and CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) for BCa diagnosis and metastasis prediction. Methods To assess the potential of soluble POSTN as a circulating biomarker, 242 participants, including 173 patients with different stages of BCa and 69 healthy individuals, were enrolled in this study. Soluble POSTN, together with CA153 and CEA, were determined in serum by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or electrochemiluminescence immunoassays. Results Serum POSTN levels in locoregional BCa patients were significantly higher than that in healthy controls. Receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis revealed that, to distinguish health controls from locoregional BCa, POSTN was observed with the highest AUC ( area under curve ) (AUC POSTN = 0.72 [0.65 – 0.79], AUC CA153 = 0.57 [0.49 – 0.64], AUC CEA = 0.62 [0.55 – 0.69]), and both CA153 and CEA were observed with significantly improved AUCs by combination with POSTN (AUC POSTN + CA153 = 0.74 [0.67 – 0.80], P < 0.001; AUC POSTN + CEA = 0.77 [0.70 – 0.82], P < 0.001). Moreover, the performances of the POSTN were comparable with that of CA153 in predicting distant metastasis of BCa (AUC POSTN = 0.78 [0.71 – 0.84], AUC ...