The Exploration of Peptide Biomarkers in Malignant Pleural Effusion of Lung Cancer Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Table 8

The comparison of specificity of MALDI-TOF-MS classification and CEA detection in tuberculosis pleural effusion.

Method	Number
	Result	Positive	Negative	Total number
MALDI-TOF-MS classification		0 (0.00)	10 (100.00)	10
CEA detection		9 (28.13)	23 (71.87)	32

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