Abstract:Objective To explore the diagnostic efficacy of PET/CT combined with serum MIC-1 and SCC-Ag in lung cancer. Methods Totally 120 suspected lung cancer patients admitted into our hospital from January 2015 to January 2017 received PET/CT examination, and measurement of blood levels of MIC-1 and SCC-Ag. All patients were divided into lung cancer group and benign lesion group based on pathological results. Sensitively and specificity of different markers were identified. Results The levels of SUVmax in lung cancer and benign lesion group was (9.22 ± 1.37) and (2.28 ± 0.93), respectively; concentration of MIC-1 in cancer and benign lesion group was (1.35 ± 0.23) ng/ml and (0.37 ± 0.09) ng/ml, respectively; concentration of SCC-Ag in cancer and benign lesion group was (3.89 ± 1.02) ng/ml and (0.72 ± 0.17) ng/ml, respectively. Statistically significant difference was identified among groups (P < 0.05). The sensitivity of PET/CT was 94.1%, which was significantly higher than MIC-1 or SCC-Ag (94.1% vs 77.9%, P < 0.05; 94.1% vs 76.5%, P < 0.05. The specificity of PET/CT was 48.1%, which was significantly lower than MIC-1 or SCC-Ag (48.1% vs 84.6%, P < 0.05; 48.1% vs 82.7%, P < 0.05). The sensitivity of PET/CT+MIC-1, PET/CT+SCC-Ag, and PET/CT+MIC-1+SCC-Ag was 82.4%, 79.4%, and 88.2%, respectively; The specificity of PET/CT+MIC-1, PET/CT+SCC-Ag, and PET/CT+MIC-1+SCC-Ag was 92.3%, 88.5%, and 100.0%, respectively. No significant difference among these three groups was founded (P > 0.05). The specificity of PET/CT combined with MIC-1 and SCC-Ag was significantly higher than PET/CT alone (P < 0.05). The area under the ROC curve of PET/CT+MIC-1, PET/CT+SCC-Ag, and PET/CT+MIC-1+SCC-Ag was 0.782, 0.765, and 0.843, respectively. Conclusion Tumor markers MIC-1 and SCC-Ag may be a supplemental tool to PET/CT for diagnosis of lung cancer.