Diagnostic Value of Serum N1-Methylnicotinamide in Cervical Cancer Patients – PubMed

Background:

The current study evaluated the level of serum N1-methylnicotinamide (me-NAM) in cervical cancer patients and further explored whether serum me-NAM was related to the prognosis of cervical cancer.

Methods:

Fifty-eight cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia patients, 78 cases of cervical cancer patients, and 52 healthy women were included in the present study. Serum me-NAM concentrations were determined by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess me-NAM as a biomarker and Kaplan-Meier analysis was carried out to evaluate the survival rate.

Results:

Our data showed that the level of serum me-NAM in cervical cancer patients was significantly higher than that in the cervical intraepithelial neoplasia group and the healthy control group. Furthermore, the level of me-NAM in cervical cancer tissues of stage I, II, III, and IV was higher than that of those without lymph node metastasis. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) for me-NAM was higher than that of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC Ag) and carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) when comparing cervical cancer from CIN or healthy control. The combination of me-NAM and SCC Ag or CA125 could improve the diagnostic efficiency better than SCC Ag or CA125 alone. Compared with me-NAM low expression group, the survival rate and time of me-NAM high expression group were lower and shorter.

Conclusions:

Altogether, elevated serum me-NAM levels contribute to the progression of cervical cancer and may be used as a marker for the prognosis of patients with cervical cancer.