Table 5 Diagnosis of biliary tract cancer by the combination of serum MIC-1 and serum CA19-9.

From: The efficacy of biliary and serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 for diagnosing biliary tract cancer

 

Cut-off value

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Serum MIC-1

4021 pg/ml

54.5 (12/22)

85.2 (23/27)

Serum CA19-9

42.4 U/ml

73.9 (17/23)

79.2 (19/24)

Combination of serum MIC-1 and CA19-9

 

82.6 (19/23)

72.4 (21/29)

  1. MIC-1, macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1.