Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule: A novel biomarker for breast cancer |
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Authors: | Vathany Kulasingam Yingye Zheng Antoninus Soosaipillai Antonette E Leon Massimo Gion Eleftherios P Diamandis |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA;4. Association ABO, Consortium Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS, Regional Hospital, AULSS12, Venice, Italy;5. Center for the Study of Biological Markers of Malignancy, Consortium Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS, Regional Hospital, AULSS12, Venice, Italy;6. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Health Network and Toronto Medical Laboratories, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;7. Fax: 416‐586‐8628. |
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Abstract: | Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM) has been implicated in tumorigenesis. Our goal was to examine the levels of ALCAM, in addition to the classical breast cancer tumor markers carbohydrate antigen 15‐3 (CA15‐3) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), in serum by quantitative enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis in breast cancer patients. The 3 proteins were measured in serum of 100 healthy women, 50 healthy men and 150 breast carcinoma patients. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the tests were calculated and the association of serum marker concentrations with various clinicopathologic variables was examined using nonparametric Kruskal‐Wallis tests. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the biomarkers. ALCAM, with area under the curve (AUC) of 0.78 95% CI: 0.73, 0.84] outperformed CA15‐3 (AUC = 0.70 95% CI: 0.64, 0.76]) and CEA (AUC= 0.63 95% CI: 0.56, 0.70]). The incremental values of AUC for ALCAM over that for CA15‐3 were statistically significant (Delong test, p < 0.05). Combining CA15‐3 and ALCAM yielded a ROC curve with an AUC of 0.81 (95% CI 0.75, 0.87]). Serum ALCAM appears to be a new biomarker for breast cancer and may have value for disease diagnosis. © 2009 UICC |
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Keywords: | ALCAM breast cancer immunoassay immunoglobulin superfamily tumor marker |
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