Research Article

Borderline Ovarian Tumors and Diagnostic Dilemma of Intraoperative Diagnosis: Could Preoperative He4 Assay and ROMA Score Assessment Increase the Frozen Section Accuracy? A Multicenter Case-Control Study

Table 3

Preoperative serum value of CA125 and He4 biomarkers: absolute value and risk estimation according to predefined cut-off (in relation to hormonal status for He4) (only for CA125: Group_A versus Group_B).

NumberMean valueStandard deviation value

Preoperative CA125 serum value (UI/L)Group_A4352.9283.26n.s
Group_B7056.3271.85

Preoperative He4 serum value (pmol/L)Group_A4389.99175.07
Group_B

CategoryNumber (%) value

CA125 cut-off valueGroup_A43Over15 (34.9)n.s
Under28 (65.1)
Group_B70Over37 (52.9)
Under33 (47.1)

He4 cut-off valueGroup_A43Over24 (55.8)
Under19 (44.2)

ROMA score cut-off valueGroup_A43Over13 (30.2)
Under30 (69.8)