ABSTRACT
Objective To determine the levels of plasma M-CSF in cervical cancer patients and cervical intraepitheliai neoplasia(CIN)patients,and to discuss the diagnostic utility of M-CSF in the development of cervi-cal cancer. Methods Forty-nine cases of cervical cancer,60 cases of CIN and 40 healthy controls were selected from June 2014 to June 2016. Plasma levels of M-CSF and SCC-Ag were determined by using ELISA and MEIA, respectively. Results Significantly different concentrations of M-CSF and SCC-Ag were observed in patients with cervical cancer compared to the healthy controls and CIN patients(P<0.01,respectively). Significant difference in plasma M-CSF level between the healthy controls and benign lesion patients were also found(P<0.05).However, no significant difference in SCC-Ag was found between the healthy controls and benign lesion patients. SCC-Ag combined M-CSF could obviously increase the detection rate of cervical cancer,without increasing the false posi-tive rate. The level of M-CSF in patients with cervical cancer and high grade of CIN reduced to the normal level, with significant difference before and after surgery(P<0.05).Meanwhile,the level of SCCAg in CIN patients was significantly reduced before and after surgery(P<0.05).Conclusions This study suggests the potential utility of M-CSF as a good candidate for a serum marker of cervical cancer,as well as benign lesions of this organ(CIN), and M-CSF may also be use to predict the outcome of CIN.