Abstract:Objective To study the level of serum annexin A2 (ANXA2) in patients with pancreatic cancer, and to explore its clinical significance. Methods Ninety patients with pancreatic cancer from July 2016 to December 2017 in Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province were selected as the pancreatic cancer group, and 90 healthy individuals undergoing physical examination during the same period were selected as the control group. The serum levels of ANXA2 and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) were measured by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The levels of serum ANXA2 and CA19-9 in the pancreatic cancer group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in serum ANXA2 levels of pancreatic cancer patients that differ in age, gender, history of alcohol consumption, smoking history, tumor location, tumor size, clinical stage, tumor differentiation and nerve invasion (P > 0.05). The serum ANXA2 levels in patients with distant metastasis and lymph node metastasis were higher than those without distant metastasis and lymph node metastasis (P < 0.05). The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer by serum ANXA2 and CA19-9 were 0.826 and 0.871 respectively, with the sensitivity being 76.67% (95% CI: 0.764, 0.771) and 83.33% (95% CI: 0.829, 0.836) and the specificity being 78.89% (95% CI: 0.786, 0.792) and 85.56% (95% CI: 0.853, 0.859). The area under the ROC curve for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer by the combination of ANXA2 and CA19-9 was 0.924, and the sensitivity and specificity were 91.11% (95% CI: 0.908, 0.914) and 92.22% (95% CI: 0.918, 0.926), respectively. The 2-year overall survival (OS) rate and disease-free survival (DFS) rate of the group with low expression of ANXA2 were higher than those of the group with high expression of ANXA2 (P < 0.05). Conclusions The level of serum ANXA2 in patient with pancreatic cancer is elevated. The level of serum ANXA2 is conducive to improving the diagnostic efficacy of CA19- 9 in pancreatic cancer, and has a potential value in assessing the severity of disease and prognosis.