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. 2020 Oct 19;15(10):e0240418. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240418

Table 4. Three-biomarker models.

Benign tumors vs. cancer.

Reference model AUC (95%) Rank p-valuea Sensitivity at 95% specificity Specificity at 95% sensitivity
HE4+CA125+age 0.838 (0.752–0.924) - - 0.483 (0.207–0.759) 0.350 (0.111–0.709)
Additional marker
CXCL1 0.874 (0.803–0.945) 1 0.068 0.448 (0.207–0.655) 0.581 (0.137–0.803)
ITGAV 0.874 (0.799–0.949) 2 0.045 0.621 (0.207–0.862) 0.530 (0.188–0.709)
CXCL6 0.872 (0.803–0.942) 3 0.150 0.448 (0.138–0.724) 0.444 (0.325–0.821)
SCAMP3 0.869 (0.797–0.942) 4 0.094 0.379 (0.172–0.724) 0.462 (0.239–0.787)
ABL1 0.868 (0.794–0.942) 5 0.111 0.414 (0.172–0.724) 0.385 (0.265–0.786)
VEGFR-2 0.863 (0.777–0.948) 6 0.304 0.586 (0.172–0.793) 0.291 (0.145–0.701)
CD40 0.859 (0.784–0.935) 7 0.154 0.414 (0.138–0.724) 0.444 (0.231–0.769)
CXCL11 0.859 (0.780–0.937) 8 0.197 0.414 (0.207–0.690) 0.316 (0.197–0.744)
DNER 0.858 (0.775–0.941) 9 0.157 0.586 (0.310–0.793) 0.564 (0.026–0.684)
SCF 0.858 (0.774–0.942) 10 0.246 0.517 (0.276–0.724) 0.342 (0.060–0.744)
TNFSF14 0.851 (0.770–0.931) 11 0.304 0.379 (0.172–0.724) 0.299 (0.188–0.744)
CTSV 0.849 (0.764–0.934) 12 0.526 0.552 (0.241–0.759) 0.333 (0.137–0.752)
CXCL13 0.848 (0.771–0.925) 13 0.363 0.414 (0.103–0.690) 0.496 (0.197–0.709)
FR-alpha 0.846 (0.769–0.924) 14 0.471 0.483 (0.138–0.759) 0.444 (0.274–0.684)
MMP-1 0.846 (0.762–0.930) 15 0.318 0.517 (0.138–0.725) 0.359 (0.085–0.744)
IL10 0.842 (0.758–0.926) 16 0.543 0.448 (0.069–0.725) 0.350 (0.103–0.735)
TNFB 0.842 (0.754–0.930) 17 0.715 0.483 (0.241–0.759) 0.316 (0.085–0.701)
CSF-1 0.841 (0.756–0.925) 18 0.409 0.483 (0.207–0.724) 0.393 (0.137–0.692)
CXCL9 0.840 (0.756–0.925) 19 0.759 0.483 (0.172–0.759) 0.316 (0.197–0.692)
IL-10RB 0.840 (0.760–0.920) 20 0.779 0.448 (0.103–0.690) 0.504 (0.154–0.684)
PVRL4 0.839 (0.754–0.925) 21 0.846 0.517 (0.207–0.759) 0.402 (0.171–0.692)
TNFRSF6B 0.839 (0.753–0.925) 22 0.143 0.483 (0.207–0.759) 0.350 (0.111–0.709)
WISP-1 0.839 (0.753–0.925) 23 0.775 0.448 (0.207–0.724) 0.359 (0.085–0.701)
CCL3 0.838 (0.752–0.925) 24 0.565 0.517 (0.207–0.759) 0.355 (0.103–0.684)
CDCP1 0.838 (0.753–0.924) 25 0.893 0.483 (0.172–0.759) 0.368 (0.103–0.701)
TNFRSF4 0.838 (0.755–0.921) 26 0.962 0.483 (0.207–0.724) 0.410 (0.137–0.692)
CCL23 0.838 (0.750–0.925) 27 1.000 0.448 (0.172–0.724) 0.376 (0.077–0.701)
MK 0.837 (0.751–0.924) 28 0.930 0.448 (0.138–0.724) 0.308 (0.120–0.692)
RSPO3 0.837 (0.752–0.923) 29 0.900 0.448 (0.172–0.724) 0.333 (0.094–0.701)
VEGFA 0.837 (0.749–0.925) 30 0.836 0.414 (0.138–0.724) 0.299 (0.068–0.718)
TFPI-2 0.836 (0.749–0.924) 31 0.737 0.483 (0.207–0.724) 0.342 (0.060–0.692)
IL6 0.834 (0.743–0.926) 32 0.647 0.483 (0.172–0.759) 0.282 (0.026–0.684)

a Comparing the reference model and the reference model with an added biomarker.