Figure 1.

Circulating HMGA2 mRNA expression is increased in the plasma of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. (A) Dot plot analysis showed that higher levels of circulating cell‐free HMGA2 mRNA were observed in CRC patients. Each dot represented as one case. The results were presented as mean ± SEM. ***P < .001. (B) ROC curves showed that plasma HMGA2 mRNA discriminated between CRC patients and healthy controls. The AUC of HMGA2 mRNA was 0.932. AUC, area under the curve; ROC, receiver operating characteristic