Volume 51, Issue 5, Pages 1267-1274 (May 2007) Urinary CYFRA 21.1 Is Not a Useful Marker for the Detection of Recurrences in the Follow-Up of Superficial Bladder Cancer Jesus Fernandez-Gomez, Juan J. Rodríguez-Martínez, Safwan Escaf Barmadah, Jorge García Rodríguez, Dra. Maite Allende, Antonio Jalon, Roberto Gonzalez, Miguel Álvarez-Múgica European Urology Volume 51, Issue 5, Pages 1267-1274 (May 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.12.019 Copyright © 2006 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Receiver operator characteristic curves analysis in our series with a calculated area under the curve of 0.58. CYFRA cutoffs: 1.5ng/ml (S: 0.696; 1-S: 0.572), 4ng/ml (S: 0.43; 1-S: 0.311), and 5.4ng/ml (S: 0.4; 1-S: 0.25). European Urology 2007 51, 1267-1274DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2006.12.019) Copyright © 2006 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Receiver operator characteristic curves analysis in our series excluding cases with benign conditions occurring within 3 mo before CYFRA 21.1 determination and patients treated with brachytherapy or external beam radiation (area under the curve of 0.66). CYFRA cutoffs: 1.5ng/ml (S: 0.696; 1-S: 0.458), 4ng/ml (S: 0.43; 1-S: 0.193) and 5.4ng/ml (S: 0.4; 1-S: 0.137). European Urology 2007 51, 1267-1274DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2006.12.019) Copyright © 2006 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions