The value of PIVKA-Ⅱ versus AFP for the diagnosis and detection of postoperative changes in hepatocellular carcinoma

OBJECTIVE: To explore the diagnostic value of abnormal prothrombin Ⅱ (PIVKA-Ⅱ) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: From 2018 0.01 to 2020.01, there were 158 patients with primary liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B (male 116, women 42) and 62 patients with chronic hepatitis B (male 34, female 28). The levels of serum PIVKA-Ⅱ and AFP were measured, and the results were statistically analyzed. RESULTS: The value of PIVKA-Ⅱin liver cancer group was distinctly higher than that in chronic viral hepatitis B group, the difference is statistically significant (P ​< ​0.05). So does the value of AFP. Draw the subject working characteristic curve (ROC curve), the area under the curve of AFP and PIVKA-Ⅱ is 0.799 and 0.836, and that of the combination of AFP and PIVKA-Ⅱ is 0.854, the sensitivity is 57.6%,68.4%,72.2%,respectively, the specificity is 93.5%, 98.4%, 96.8%, respectively. After operation or interventional therapy, the value of PIVKA-Ⅱ in liver cancer group was clearly lower than that before treatment, and the difference was statistically significant. CONCLUSION: In the diagnostic value of primary liver cancer, PIVKA-II combined with AFP is higher than PIVKA-II, while AFP has the lowest benefit. We also find that PIVKA-II has higher disease monitoring value than AFP.