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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2013 Sep 3;139(10):10.1007/s00432-013-1501-6. doi: 10.1007/s00432-013-1501-6

Table 1. Serum samples used in the study.

1A: Sample groups used for autoantibody discovery. 1B: Sample groups used for autoantibody pre-validation studies. 1C: Sample groups used for autoantibody prevalidation studies.

Table 1A. Sample groups used for autoantibody discovery
Group Clinical Status Number TNM Stage CA125 Age
1 Healthy female subjects 20 NA NA NA 45-75
2 Benign pelvic mass or endometriosis 20 NA NA NA 45-75
3 Stage l-IV ovarian cancer: 20 NA I-IV 3.924≤x≤3924 36≤x≤78
1. Clear cell carcinoma and endometrioid adenocarcinoma T1cN0M0 I 10.31 78
2. Endometrioid adenxarcinoma T1cN0M0 I 96 51
3. Serous adenocarcinoma T1cN0M0 I 439.6 71
4. Serous adenocarcinoma T1aN0M0 I 165 57
5. Mucinous adenocarcinoma T1cN0M0 I 49 62
6. Serous adenocarcinoma T1cN0M0 I 312 47
7. Serous papillary adenocarcinoma T1aN0M0 I 92 54
8. Serous adenocarcinoma T1cN0M0 I 218 48
9. Endometrioid adenocarcinoma T1cN0M0 I 144 44
10. Serous adenocarcinoma T1cN0M0 I 165 66
11. Endometrioid cystadenocarcinoma T2bN0M0 II 112 66
12. Endometrioid adenocarcinoma T2aN0M0 II 166 41
13. Serous adenocarcinoma T2bN0M0 II 88 68
14. Endometrioid adenocarcinoma T2aN0M0 II 480 56
15. Serous adenocarcinoma T3cN0M0 III 605 72
16. Serous adenocarcinoma T3aN0MO III 384 74
17. Clear cell carcinoma T3cNIM0 III 524 68
18. Serous adenocarcinoma T3cN0M1 IV 3924 64
19. Clear cell cystadenocarcinoma T3cN0M1 IV 3.924 36
20. Endometrioid adenocarcinoma T3cN1M1 IV 46 63
Table 1B. Sample groups used for autoantibody pre-validation studies
Group Clinical Status Number
1 Healthy female subjects 20
2 Benign pelvic mass 20
3 Stage I ovarian cancer with various levels of CA-125 (10-439) 20
4 Stage II-IV ovarian cancer with various levels of CA-125 (46-3,924) 20
Table 1C. Sample groups used for autoantibody pre-validation
Group Clinical status CA-125 levels Number
1 Ovarian cancer Normal (<5) 5
2 Ovarian cancer Low (10.31-49) 10
3 Ovarian cancer Medium (55.8-96) 20
4 Ovarian cancer High (112-480) 20
5 Ovarian cancer Very-high (524-23422) 20
6 Non-ovarian cancer (17.3-640) 5