Circulating Galectin-1 and 90K/Mac-2BP Correlated with the Tumor Stages of Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Figure 5

Galectin-1 levels predicted positive lymph node metastasis of colon cancer. (a) Analysis of Receiver Operating Characteristic curves found that galectin-1 and carcinoembryonic antigen levels could predict good sensitivity and specificity, showing area under the curve (AUC) at 0.627 for galectin-1 and at 0.638 for carcinoembryonic antigen. (b) Gal1: galectin-1; Gal3: galectin-3; 90K: 90K/Mac-2BP; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; ROC: Receiver Operating Characteristic.

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