The diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma

BackgroundPersistent ground-glass nodules (GGNs) carry a potential risk of malignancy, however, early diagnosis remained challenging. This study aimed to investigate the cut-off values of seven autoantibodies in patients with ground-glass nodules smaller than 3cm, and to construct machine learning m...

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Main Authors: Hua Guo, Wei Zhao, Chunsun Li, Zhen Wu, Ling Yu, Miaoyu Wang, Yuanhui Wei, Zirui Wang, Shangshu Liu, Yue Yin, Zhen Yang, Liangan Chen
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author Hua Guo
Wei Zhao
Chunsun Li
Zhen Wu
Ling Yu
Miaoyu Wang
Yuanhui Wei
Zirui Wang
Shangshu Liu
Yue Yin
Zhen Yang
Liangan Chen
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Wei Zhao
Chunsun Li
Zhen Wu
Ling Yu
Miaoyu Wang
Yuanhui Wei
Zirui Wang
Shangshu Liu
Yue Yin
Zhen Yang
Liangan Chen
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description BackgroundPersistent ground-glass nodules (GGNs) carry a potential risk of malignancy, however, early diagnosis remained challenging. This study aimed to investigate the cut-off values of seven autoantibodies in patients with ground-glass nodules smaller than 3cm, and to construct machine learning models to assess the diagnostic value of these autoantibodies.MethodsIn this multi-center retrospective study, we collected peripheral blood specimens from a total of 698 patients. A total of 466 patients with ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma no more than 3cm were identified as a case group based on pathological reports and imaging data, and control group (n=232) of patients consisted of 90 patients with benign nodules and 142 patients with health check-ups. Seven antibodies were quantified in the serum of all participants using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the working characteristic curves of the subjects were plotted to determine the cut-off values of the seven autoantibodies related ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma early. Subsequently, the patients were randomly divided into a training and test set at a 7:3 ratio. Eight machine-learning models were constructed to compare the diagnostic performances of multiple models. The model performances were evaluated using sensitivity, specificity, and the area under the curve (AUC).ResultsThe serum levels of the seven autoantibodies in case group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The combination of the seven autoantibodies demonstrated a significantly enhanced diagnostic efficacy in identifying ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma early when compared to the diagnostic efficacy of the autoantibodies when used respectively. The combined diagnostic approach of the seven autoantibodies exhibited a sensitivity of 84.05%, specificity of 91.85%, and AUC of 0.8870, surpassing the performance of each autoantibody used individually. Furthermore, we determined that Sparrow Search Algorithm-XGBoost (SSA-XGBOOST) had the best diagnostic performance among the models (AUC=0.9265), with MAGEA1, P53, and PGP9.5 having significant feature weight proportions.ConclusionsOur research assessed the diagnostic performance of seven autoantibodies in patients with ground-glass nodules for benign-malignant distinction, and the nodules are all no more than 3cm especially. Our study set cut-off values for seven autoantibodies in identifying GGNs no more than 3cm and constructed a machine learning model for effective diagnosis. This provides a non-invasive and highly discriminative method for the evaluation of ground-glass nodules in high-risk patients.
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spelling doaj-art-2eaac55f19454763bf6804b2a42a128c2025-08-20T02:27:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2024-11-011410.3389/fonc.2024.14991401499140The diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinomaHua Guo0Wei Zhao1Chunsun Li2Zhen Wu3Ling Yu4Miaoyu Wang5Yuanhui Wei6Zirui Wang7Shangshu Liu8Yue Yin9Zhen Yang10Liangan Chen11Medical School of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, ChinaMedical School of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, ChinaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, ChinaMedical School of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, ChinaMedical School of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, ChinaBackgroundPersistent ground-glass nodules (GGNs) carry a potential risk of malignancy, however, early diagnosis remained challenging. This study aimed to investigate the cut-off values of seven autoantibodies in patients with ground-glass nodules smaller than 3cm, and to construct machine learning models to assess the diagnostic value of these autoantibodies.MethodsIn this multi-center retrospective study, we collected peripheral blood specimens from a total of 698 patients. A total of 466 patients with ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma no more than 3cm were identified as a case group based on pathological reports and imaging data, and control group (n=232) of patients consisted of 90 patients with benign nodules and 142 patients with health check-ups. Seven antibodies were quantified in the serum of all participants using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the working characteristic curves of the subjects were plotted to determine the cut-off values of the seven autoantibodies related ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma early. Subsequently, the patients were randomly divided into a training and test set at a 7:3 ratio. Eight machine-learning models were constructed to compare the diagnostic performances of multiple models. The model performances were evaluated using sensitivity, specificity, and the area under the curve (AUC).ResultsThe serum levels of the seven autoantibodies in case group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The combination of the seven autoantibodies demonstrated a significantly enhanced diagnostic efficacy in identifying ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma early when compared to the diagnostic efficacy of the autoantibodies when used respectively. The combined diagnostic approach of the seven autoantibodies exhibited a sensitivity of 84.05%, specificity of 91.85%, and AUC of 0.8870, surpassing the performance of each autoantibody used individually. Furthermore, we determined that Sparrow Search Algorithm-XGBoost (SSA-XGBOOST) had the best diagnostic performance among the models (AUC=0.9265), with MAGEA1, P53, and PGP9.5 having significant feature weight proportions.ConclusionsOur research assessed the diagnostic performance of seven autoantibodies in patients with ground-glass nodules for benign-malignant distinction, and the nodules are all no more than 3cm especially. Our study set cut-off values for seven autoantibodies in identifying GGNs no more than 3cm and constructed a machine learning model for effective diagnosis. This provides a non-invasive and highly discriminative method for the evaluation of ground-glass nodules in high-risk patients.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2024.1499140/fullautoantibodiesground-glass noduleslung adenocarcinomadiagnosisearly detection
spellingShingle Hua Guo
Wei Zhao
Chunsun Li
Zhen Wu
Ling Yu
Miaoyu Wang
Yuanhui Wei
Zirui Wang
Shangshu Liu
Yue Yin
Zhen Yang
Liangan Chen
The diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma
Frontiers in Oncology
autoantibodies
ground-glass nodules
lung adenocarcinoma
diagnosis
early detection
title The diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma
title_full The diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma
title_fullStr The diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma
title_full_unstemmed The diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma
title_short The diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma
title_sort diagnostic efficacy of seven autoantibodies in early detection of ground glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma
topic autoantibodies
ground-glass nodules
lung adenocarcinoma
diagnosis
early detection
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2024.1499140/full
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