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. 2025 Aug 22;151(8):233. doi: 10.1007/s00432-025-06271-1

Table 7.

Comparison of the diagnostic utility of single CA15-3 and CEA assays and selected combinations of these markers with miRNAs in diagnosis of BC patients

Parameter SN [%] SP [%] AUC References
(healthy controls vs BC) Zaleski et al. (2018)
CEA 26.0/18.0 90.0/95.0 0.717
CA15-3 36.2/31.9 90.0/95.0 0.721
miR-34a+CEA 59.1/34.1 90.0/95.0 0.844
miR-34a+CA15-3 56.1/56.1 90.0/95.0 0.800
(benign breast diseases vs BC)
CEA 20.0/20.0 90.0/95.0 0.623
CA15-3 25.5/23.4 90.0/95.0 0.619
miR34a+CEA 54.5/31.8 90.0/95.0 0.794
miR34a+CA15-3 53.7/53.7 90.0/95.0 0.741
CA15-3 80 73.3 0.829 Raheem et al. (2019)
miRNA-34a+CA15-3 83.3 77.7 0.842
CEA 32 100 0.615 Qiao et al. (2024)
CA15-3 53.19 91.49 0.727
miR-200c+CEA+CA15-3+CA125 91.49 76.6 0.9140