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Table 1 Assay parameters of imaging modalities and classical biomarkers used in detection of pancreatic cancer

From: Advance in microRNA as a potential biomarker for early detection of pancreatic cancer

Item

AUC

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Accuracy (%)

Reference

CT

0.832

92

-

80

67

-

[19]

MRI

0.92

100

-

90

100

-

[19]

EUS-FNA

-

82.1

100

100

79.2

89.4

[20]

MRCP

-

-

-

85

-

80

[21]

ERCP

-

-

-

88

-

85

[21]

MRI+ERCP

-

-

-

91

-

88

[21]

18F-FDGPE/CT

0.759

67.50

72.73

94.74

23.53

68.13

[22]

CA19-9

0.857

75.00

81.82

96.77

31.03

75.82

[22]

18F-FDGPE/CT + CA19-9

0.940

96.25

63.64

95.06

70.00

92.31

[22]

CA125

0.810

78.68

71.05

79.63

51.92

-

[23]

CEA

0.670

63.24

63.16

75.44

48.98

-

CA50

0.630

52.21

78.95

81.61

48.00

-

CA724

0.670

65.44

68.42

78.76

52.53

-

CA242

0.640

64.71

60.53

74.58

48.94

-

AFP

0.490

43.38

61.84

67.05

37.90

-

  1. The assay parameters are for diagnosis of differentiation between adenocarcinoma and nonadenocarcinoma. Small liver metastases (0.5 – 1 cm in diameter) were missed on CT and MRI. Adequate specimens were obtained by EUS-FNAB from 47 of the 50 pancreatic lesions (94.0 %). CA125, CEA, CA50, CA50, CA724, CA242 and AFP are for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer misjudged as resectable tumor by CT scan. AUC area under the curve, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value, − No data was available in these instances