Diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative haptoglobin point-of-care testing in ovarian tumor fluid versus frozen section for epithelial ovarian cancer
摘要
Ovarian cancer is the third most common gynaecological cancer and has the high mortality rates and requires accurate intraoperative. Haptoglobin is an acute-phase protein locally elevated in cancer cells, may serve as a novel diagnostic marker. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a haptoglobin point-of-care test using intraoperatively aspirated ovarian cyst fluid for detecting epithelial ovarian carcinoma.
ResultA total of 55 patients with suspected malignant ovarian tumors were enrolled, with 11 excluded, resulting in 44 patients for analysis. Frozen sections were found to have a diagnostic accuracy of 100% compared with histopathology, whereas haptoglobin had an accuracy of 90.91%. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of the haptoglobin test were 90.48, 91.3, 90.49, and 91.3%, respectively. Haptoglobin testing in ovarian cyst fluid demonstrates promising diagnostic performance and may serve as a complementary tool alongside established intraoperative methods.