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Table 6 The Value of Single and Combined Detection of Serum AFP, AFP-L3, CTCs in Predicting the Recurrence of HCC Patients after Microwave Ablation

From: Combined detection of circulating tumor cells, α-fetoprotein heterogene-3 and α-fetoprotein in the early diagnosis of HCC for the prediction of efficacy, prognosis, recurrence after microwave ablation

Index

AUC

P

Sensitivity

Specificity

Youden index

AFP

0.552

<0.001

0.667(32)

0.614(35)

0.281

AFP-L3

0.619

<0.001

0.729(35)

0.684(39)

0.413

CTCs

0.651

<0.001

0.750(36)

0.702(40)

0.452

AFP+AFP-L3

0.703

<0.001

0.792(38)

0.737(42)

0.529

AFP+CTCs

0.767

<0.001

0.833(40)

0.754(43)

0.587

AFP-L3+CTCs

0.841

<0.001

0.854(41)

0.789(45)

0.643

AFP+AFP-L3+CTCs

0.917

<0.001

0.896(43)

0.825(47)

0.721