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OBJECTIVE:
The
purpose of this study was to investigate cyst fluid levels of total
iron, heme iron and free iron in benign endometriotic cysts and
endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) and to demonstrate the
significance of these biomarkers in differential diagnosis between EAOC
and endometriotic cysts.
METHODS:
Cyst
fluid samples were obtained from eleven patients with EAOC and
thirty-six women with benign endometriotic cysts at the time of surgery.
RESULTS:
The
median (± SD) total iron levels for endometriotic cysts and EAOC cysts
were 244.4 ± 204.9 mg/L and 14.2 ± 36.6 mg/L, respectively. EAOC
patients had much lower levels of iron-related compounds compared with
endometriotic cyst samples (p< 0.001). When the total iron results
were analyzed using the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve
method, the optimum diagnostic cut-off point was 64.8 mg/L, sensitivity
was 90.9%, specificity was 100%, positive predictive value (PPV) was
100%, and negative predictive value (NPV) was 97.3%. Patient demographic
characteristics such as tumor size, age at operation, parity and
menopause were not correlated with cyst fluid iron levels.
CONCLUSIONS:
We
conclude for the first time that iron-related compounds are important
biomarkers that can predict malignant transformation with high
sensitivity and specificity for women with endometriosis.
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