Abstract:Objective To analyze the relationship between serum soluble E-cadherin (sEC) and soluble endoglin 105 (s-CD105) levels and recurrence and metastasis in patients with breast cancer after modified radical mastectomy.Methods A total of 124 patients with breast cancer who underwent modified radical mastectomy at the Second People's Hospital of Wuxi from February 2017 to March 2020 were selected as the research subjects. After surgery, serum levels of sEC and s-CD105 were measured in patients, and they were followed up for 3 years to record recurrence and metastasis. The serum levels of sEC and s-CD105 were compared between the recurrence and non-recurrence groups. Multifactorial stepwise logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the factors influencing recurrence and metastasis after modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to evaluate the value of serum sEC and s-CD105 in predicting recurrence and metastasis after modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer.Results By the end of the follow-up, 12 patients were lost to follow-up, leaving 112 patients, among whom 15 experienced recurrence and metastasis. The serum levels of sEC and s-CD105 in the recurrence group were higher than those in the non-recurrence group (P < 0.05). Multifactorial stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that high tumor stage [O^R =5.171(95% CI: 2.128,12.567)], low differentiation degree [O^R =4.899(95% CI: 2.016,11.909)], high serum sEC level [O^R =3.540(95% CI: 1.456,8.602)], and high serum s-CD105 level [O^R =3.673(95% CI: 1.511,8.927)] were all risk factors for recurrence and metastasis after modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer (P < 0.05). ROC curve analysis showed that the sensitivity of serum sEC, s-CD105, and their combination in predicting recurrence and metastasis after modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer was 66.67% (95% CI: 0.387, 0.870), 73.33% (95% CI: 0.448, 0.910), and 86.67% (95% CI: 0.584, 0.977), respectively, and the specificity was 70.10% (95% CI: 0.598, 0.788), 77.32% (95% CI: 0.675, 0.850), and 85.57% (95% CI: 0.766, 0.916), respectively. The area under the ROC curve was 0.734 (95% CI: 0.639, 0.828), 0.747 (95% CI: 0.645, 0.849), and 0.892 (95% CI: 0.825, 0.959), respectively.Conclusion Serum levels of sEC and s-CD105 after modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer are associated with recurrence and metastasis, and their combination has good efficacy in predicting postoperative recurrence and metastasis.