The Exploration of Peptide Biomarkers in Malignant Pleural Effusion of Lung Cancer Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Table 7

The comparison of sensitivity of MALDI-TOF-MS classification and CEA detection in malignant pleural effusion.

Method	Number (%)
	Result	Positive	Negative	Total number
MALDI-TOF-MS classification		15 (100.00)	0 (0.00)	15
CEA detection		21 (67.74)	10 (32.26)	31

(1 patient with null spectra was excluded).