Research Article

The Combination of the Tumor Markers Suggests the Histological Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Table 4

The diagnostic value of criteria in discriminating histological types.

ā€‰SensitivitySpecificityPPVNPV

NSCLC87.12% (913/1048)64.61% (115/178)93.55% (913/976)46% (115/250)
SCLC62.63% (57/91)99.5% (1129/1135)90.47% (57/63)97.08% (1129/1163)
Adenocarcinoma68.1% (363/533)70.73% (145/205)85.82% (363/423)46.03% (145/315)
Squamous carcinoma81.63% (120/147)65.93% (60/91)79.47% (120/151)68.97% (60/87)

NSCLC versus Other 1; SCLC versus Other 2; adenocarcinoma versus Other 3; squamous carcinoma versus Other 4. Other 1 = SCLC and benign disease; Other 2 = NSCLC and benign disease; Other 3 = squamous carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and benign disease; Other 4 = adenocarcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and benign disease.