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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2018 Mar 8;143(3):515–526. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31335

Table 2.

Sensitivity at 95% (SE95) and 98% (SE98) specificity of ovarian cancer detection by time between blood donation and diagnosis

All Ovarian Cancer (N=194) High-Grade Serous Cancer (N= 75)
Lead time
(months)
#
Cases
SE95 (95% CI) b SE98 (95% CI) b #
Cases
SE95 (95% CI) b SE98 (95% CI) b
CA125
≤ 6 26 0.81 (0.60–0.92) 0.77 (0.56–0.90) 9 0.89 (0.49–0.98) 0.89 (0.49–0.99)
>6–12 35 0.43 (0.27–0.61) 0.34 (0.19–0.53) 12 0.33 (0.13–0.63) 0.33 (0.13–0.64)
≤ 12 61 0.59 (0.45–0.72) 0.52 (0.38–0.67) 21 0.57 (0.35–0.77) 0.57 (0.34–0.77)
>12–24 75 0.27 (0.17–0.39) 0.20 (0.11–0.33) 31 0.23 (0.11–0.41) 0.13 (0.05–0.31)
≤ 24 136 0.41 (0.31–0.52) 0.35 (0.24–0.46) 52 0.37 (0.24–0.52) 0.31 (0.18–0.47)
>24–36 58 0.10 (0.04–0.22) 0.03 (0.01–0.14) 23 0.13 (0.04–0.34) 0.04 (0.01–0.26)
≤ 36 194 0.32 (0.24–0.41) 0.25 (0.17–0.35) 75 0.29 (0.19–0.42) 0.23 (0.13–0.36)
P53
≤ 6 26 0.27 (0.13–0.48) 0.23 (0.10–0.44) 9 0.33 (0.11–0.67) 0.33 (0.11–0.68)
>6–12 35 0.14 (0.06–0.31) 0.11 (0.04–0.28) 12 0.25 (0.08–0.56) 0.17 (0.04–0.49)
≤ 12 61 0.20 (0.11–0.33) 0.16 (0.08–0.30) 21 0.29 (0.13–0.52) 0.24 (0.10–0.48)
>12–24 75 0.08 (0.03–0.18) 0.04 (0.01–0.13) 31 0.03 (0.00–0.20) 0.03 (0.00–0.21)
≤ 24 136 0.13 (0.08–0.21) 0.10 (0.05–0.18) 52 0.13 (0.06–0.27) 0.12 (0.05–0.25)
>24–36 58 0.09 (0.03–0.20) 0.05 (0.02–0.16) 23 0.09 (0.02–0.30) 0.09 (0.02–0.30)
≤ 36 194 0.12 (0.07–0.19) 0.08 (0.04–0.15) 75 0.12 (0.06–0.23) 0.11 (0.05–0.22)
CTAG1A
≤ 6 26 0.27 (0.13–0.48) 0.19 (0.08–0.40) 9 0.44 (0.17–0.75) 0.22 (0.05–0.59)
>6–12 35 0.06 (0.01–0.21) 0.06 (0.01–0.21) 12 0.00 (0.00–0.26) 0.00 (0.00–0.26)
≤ 12 61 0.15 (0.07–0.27) 0.11 (0.05–0.24) 21 0.19 (0.07–0.42) 0.10 (0.02–0.32)
>12–24 75 0.12 (0.06–0.23) 0.11 (0.05–0.22) 31 0.16 (0.07–0.34) 0.16 (0.06–0.35)
≤ 24 136 0.13 (0.08–0.21) 0.11 (0.06–0.20) 52 0.17 (0.09–0.31) 0.13 (0.06–0.27)
>24–36 58 0.05 (0.02–0.15) 0.03 (0.01–0.14) 23 0.04 (0.01–0.26) 0.04 (0.01–0.26)
≤ 36 194 0.11 (0.07–0.17) 0.09 (0.05–0.16) 75 0.13 (0.07–0.24) 0.11 (0.05–0.22)
CTAG2
≤ 6 26 0.23 (0.10–0.44) 0.19 (0.08–0.40) 9 0.22 (0.05–0.58) 0.22 (0.05–0.59)
>6–12 35 0.03 (0.00–0.18) 0.03 (0.00–0.19) 12 0.00 (0.00–0.26) 0.00 (0.00–0.26)
≤ 12 61 0.11 (0.05–0.23) 0.10 (0.04–0.22) 21 0.10 (0.02–0.32) 0.10 (0.02–0.32)
>12–24 75 0.11 (0.05–0.21) 0.05 (0.02–0.15) 31 0.16 (0.07–0.34) 0.10 (0.03–0.27)
≤ 24 136 0.11 (0.06–0.19) 0.07 (0.04–0.15) 52 0.13 (0.06–0.27) 0.10 (0.04–0.23)
>24–36 58 0.03 (0.01–0.13) 0.02 (0.00–0.12) 23 0.04 (0.01–0.26) 0.04 (0.01–0.26)
≤ 36 194 0.09 (0.05–0.15) 0.06 (0.03–0.11) 75 0.11 (0.05–0.21) 0.08 (0.03–0.18)
NUDT11
≤ 6 26 0.27 (0.13–0.48) 0.19 (0.08–0.40) 9 0.33 (0.11–0.67) 0.22 (0.05–0.59)
>6–12 35 0.06 (0.01–0.21) 0.03 (0.00–0.19) 12 0.00 (0.00–0.26) 0.00 (0.00–0.26)
≤ 12 61 0.15 (0.07–0.27) 0.10 (0.04–0.22) 21 0.14 (0.05–0.37) 0.10 (0.02–0.32)
>12–24 75 0.07 (0.03–0.16) 0.01 (0.00–0.09) 31 0.10 (0.03–0.27) 0.03 (0.00–0.21)
≤ 24 136 0.10 (0.06–0.18) 0.05 (0.02–0.12) 52 0.12 (0.05–0.24) 0.06 (0.02–0.18)
>24–36 58 0.02 (0.00–0.12) 0.02 (0.00–0.12) 23 0.00 (0.00–0.15) 0.00 (0.00–0.15)
≤ 36 194 0.08 (0.04–0.13) 0.04 (0.02–0.09) 75 0.08 (0.03–0.18) 0.04 (0.01–0.13)
a

Analyses of crude data, unadjusted for matching factors (see Methods section)

b

95% and 98% specificity cut-points were, respectively, 58.01 and 82.59 for CA125, 2.27 and 3.78 for P53-AAb, 1.47 and 1.77 for CTAG2-AAb, 1.58 and 2.03 for CTAG1A-AAb, 1.35 and 1.60 for NUDT11-AAb