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. 2022 Jun 11;14(12):2885. doi: 10.3390/cancers14122885

Table 1.

Select biomarker screening assays for the detection of epithelial ovarian cancer average specificity and sensitivity were calculated from studies with at least 250 subjects.

Test Name Marker(s) Modality Potential Clinical
Application(s)
Average Sens./Spec. (%) Reference(s)
N/A CA125 Protein Preoperative diagnostic, Prognostic (FDA cleared) 83.7/86.0 [66,67,68]
ROMA® CA125, HE4, and Menopause Status Protein Preoperative diagnostic, Prognostic (FDA cleared) 85.3/80.9 [68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78]
CPH-I CA125, HE4, and Age Protein Preoperative diagnostic, Prognostic 82.2/78.9 [68,70,71,73,76,77,79]
OVA1® CA125, ApoA-1, TTR, TF, and B2M Protein Preoperative diagnostic, Prognostic (FDA cleared) 87.7/52.6 [80,81,82,83,84,85]
Overa® CA125, ApoA-1, TF, HE4, and FSH Protein Preoperative diagnostic, Prognostic (FDA cleared) 91.1/67.6 [86,87]
N/A CA125, CA 15-3, CA72-4, and MCSF Protein Diagnostic 69.5/98.0 [88,89]
PapSEEK ctDNA mutations Genetic Diagnostic, Prognostic 63.0/99.9 [90]
N/A OPCML hypermethylation Epigenetic Screening, Diagnostic, and Prognostic 90.1/91.8 [91,92]
N/A ZNF154 hypermethylation Epigenetic Diagnostic 67.6/93.5 [93,94,95]
CancerSEEK ctDNA mutations and glycoproteins Pan-cancer Screening, Diagnostic, and Prognostic 96.0/99.0 [96]
N/A miR-200(a/b/c) + miR-320 + miR-141, among others MicroRNA Diagnostic, Prognostic 85.3/96.0 [97,98,99,100,101]
N/A VLDL, LDL, lysoPC, valine, alanine, and ceramides Metabolite Prognostic 78.9/93.2 [102,103,104,105]

CA125, cancer antigen 125; ApoA-1, apolipoprotein A1; TTR, transthyretin; TF, transferrin; B2M, beta-2-microglobulin; HE4, human epididymis protein 4; FSH, follicle stimulating hormone; CA72-4, cancer antigen 72-4; CA 15-3, cancer antigen 15-3; MCSF, macrophage colony stimulating factor; VLDL, very low-density lipids; LDL, low-density lipids; LysoPC, Lysophosphatidylcholines; ctDNA; circulating tumor DNA.