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WEI Rong-rong, WANG Cheng-cheng, LI Da-jiang, et al. Diagnostic Value of Abnormal Prothrombin in HBV-related AFP-negative Hepatocellular Carcinoma[J]. Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Sciences), 2020, 51(3): 411-415. DOI: 10.12182/20200560208
Citation: WEI Rong-rong, WANG Cheng-cheng, LI Da-jiang, et al. Diagnostic Value of Abnormal Prothrombin in HBV-related AFP-negative Hepatocellular Carcinoma[J]. Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Sciences), 2020, 51(3): 411-415. DOI: 10.12182/20200560208

Diagnostic Value of Abnormal Prothrombin in HBV-related AFP-negative Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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  • Corresponding author:

    LIU Kai, E-mail: liubusiness@163.com

  • Received Date: June 16, 2019
  • Revised Date: November 08, 2019
  • Available Online: May 24, 2020
  • Published Date: May 19, 2020
  •   Objective  To evaluate the diagnostic value of abnormal prothrombin (DCP) in Alpha-fetoproteins (AFP)-negative (AFP≤20 ng/mL) hepatocellular carcinoma and the relationship between DCP level and Child-Pugh grade, tumor size, TNM stage as well as differentiation.
      Methods  The inpatients diagnosed with hepatitis B-related liver disease were collected from June 2016 to December 2017, The diagnostic efficacy of DCP for AFP-negative HCC was analyzed by ROC. Area under the curve (AUC), the best cut point, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated. The relationship between DCP levels and the clinical characteristic of HCC was analyzed.
      Results  A total of 459 hepatitis B markers positive patients were included, including 136 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma, 173 cases of hepatitis B cirrhosis and 150 cases of chronic hepatitis B. DCP in AFP-negative hepatocellular carcinoma group was significantly higher than that in non-HCC group (CHB and LC) (P<0.05). The AUC of DCP was 0.858, P<0.05. The optimal cut-off point for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma was 61 mAU/mL. The corresponding sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 72.8%, 88.2%, 61.1% and 89.7%, respectively. In different size of hepatocellular carcinoma, DCP level of those with diameter>3 cm was significantly higher than those with diameter≤3 cm (P<0.05). In different TNM stages, DCP level in stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ was significantly higher than that in stage Ⅰ (P<0.05). There was no significant difference of DCP level among different Child-Pugh grades and differentiation (P>0.05).
      Conclusion  DCP has diagnostic value for AFP-negative hepatocellular carcinoma, its level may reflects the degree of tumor progression.
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