简介：Objective:Todeterminetheclinicalserumlevelsofcarcinoembryonicantigen(CEA)andcarbohydrateantigen19-9(CA19-9),individuallyandincombination,forthediagnosisof50healthysubjectsand150casesofesophageal,gastric,andcoloncancers.Methods:Thesensitivitiesofthetwomarkerswerecomparedindividuallyandincombination,withspecificitysetat100%.Receiveroperatingcharacteristic(ROC)curveswereplotted.Results:SerumCEAlevelsweresignificantlyhigherincancerpatientsthaninthecontrolgroup.ThesensitivityofCEAwasdetermined:inesophagealcancer,sensitivity=28%,negativepredictivevalue(NPV)=61.72%,andAUC=0.742(SE=0.05),withasignificancelevelofP<0.0001;ingastriccancer,sensitivity=30%,NPV=58.82%,andAUC=0.734(SE=0.05),withasignificancelevelofP<0.0001;incoloncancer,sensitivity=74%,NPV=79.36%,andAUC=0.856(SE=0.04),withasignificancelevelofP<0.0001.ThesensitivityofCA19-9wasalsoevaluated:inesophagealcancer,sensitivity=18%,NPV=54.94%,andAUC=0.573(SE=0.05),withasignificancelevelofP=0.2054.Ingastriccancer,sensitivity=42%,NPV=63.29%,andAUC=0.679(SE=0.05),withasignificancelevelofP<0.0011.Incoloncancer,sensitivity=26%,NPV=57.47%,andAUC=0.580(SE=0.05),withasignificancelevelofP=0.1670.ThefollowingwerethesensitivitiesofCEA/CA19-9combined:inesophagealcancer,sensitivity=42%,NPV=63.29%,SE=0.078(95%CI:0.0159-0.322);gastriccancer,sensitivity=58%,NPV=70.42%,SE=0.072(95%CI:-0.0866-0.198);andcoloncancer,sensitivity=72%,NPV=78.12%,SE=0.070(95%CI:0.137-0.415).Conclusion:CEAexhibitedthehighestsensitivityforcoloncancer,andCA19-9exhibitedthehighestsensitivityforgastriccancer.Combinedanalysisindicatedanincreaseindiagnosticsensitivityinesophagealandgastriccancercomparedwiththatincoloncancer.