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. 2020 Nov 3;21(1):3. doi: 10.3892/ol.2020.12264

Table IV.

Methylated DNA as biomarker for detection of gastric cancer.

Diagnostic value, % (n)

cfDNA Biomarker candidate Sample type Method Sensitivity Specificity (Refs.)
MethyDNA P16 Serum MSP   26 (6/23)   100 (16/16) (64)
Serum MSP   18 (20/109)   100 (10/10) (65)
Blood MSP   72.6 (77/106) 94.4 (17/18) (93)
Serum MSP 51.9 (28/54)   100 (30/30) (98)
Plasma MSP/HPLC 14.3 (12/84)   100 (15/15) (110)
Serum MSP 26.9 (14/52)   100 (29/29) (67)
Serum MSP   22 (9/41)   100 (10/10) (111)
P16/E-Cadherin Serum MSP   37 (40/109)   100 (10/10) (65)
E-Cadherin Serum MSP   24 (26/109)   100 (10/10)
Serum MSP   22 (9/41)   100 (10/10) (111)
p16/E-cadherin/RARbeta Serum MSP   44 (18/41)   100 (10/10)
RUNX3 Tissues and cell lines MSP   64 (48/75) (69)
Serum rt-MSP 70.8 (143/202)   99.8 (848/850) (71)
Serum qMSP 95.5 62.5 (70)
Plasma MSP   42.7 (56/131)   100 (34/34) (72)
Plasma ZIC1, HOXD10 and RUNX3 Plasma MSP 91.6 50.0
Zic1 Plasma MSP   69.5 (91/131)   100 (34/34)
RASSF1A Serum MSP   34 (16/47)   100 (30/30) (74)
Serum MSP 68.5 (50/73)   100 (20/20) (75)
Plasma MSP   83.2 (84/101)   94.55 (191/202) (76)
PCDH10 Plasma MSP   94.1 (95/101)   97.03 (142/202)
Reprimo Plasma MSP 95.3 (41/43) 90.3 (28/31) (79)
Plasma MSP 86.3 (44/51) 97.6 (48/49) (81)
Plasma MSP   62 (31/50)   100 (30/30) (80)
hMLH1 Plasma MSP   48 (24/50) 96.7 (29/30)

P16, Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A, multiple tumor suppressor 1; E-Cadherin, epithelial cadherin; RARbeta, retinoic acid receptor beta; RUNX3, Runt-related transcription factor 3; ZIC1, zinc finger of the cerebellum 1; RASSF1A, Ras association domain-containing protein 1; PCDH10, protocadherin-10 gene; hMLH1, MutL homolog 1; MSP, methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction; HPLC, high performance liquid chromatography.