N-myristoyltransferase 2–based Blood Test for the Detection of Colorectal Adenomatous Polyps and Cancer
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Abstract
Background: Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. This study demonstrates the utility of a simple blood test with high sensitivity and specificity for colorectal adenomatous polyps and cancer. A simple blood test with high sensitivity and specificity for adenomas would help identify individuals for a follow-up colonoscopy during which any adenomatous polyps found could be removed, thus preventing colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: We determined the H-score by using immunohistochemical analyses of N-myristoyltransferase 2 (NMT2) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) isolated from the blood. We determined the sensitivity and specificity of the NMT2-based blood test in identifying colorectal adenomatous polyps and cancer. Design: All experimental procedures were performed by research personnel blinded to the colonoscopy status of the participants. Setting: In this cohort study, participants were recruited from those coming for an outpatient colonoscopy at a referral center. Participants: PBMC were collected from 74 subjects at the Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Canada. Samples were collected from colonoscopy patients prior to colonoscopy. All 74 subjects were included in CRC vs. non-CRC analysis, whereas only 70 subjects were analyzed for colorectal adenomatous polyps and cancer versus individuals with no evidence of disease and non-adenomatous polyps. NMT2 expression was tested in samples by immunohistochemistry. Results: < 0.0001). The test had an overall sensitivity of 91% (95% confidence intervals: 84.49-97.80) and specificity of 81% (95% confidence intervals: 71.28-89.83) in detecting colorectal adenomatous polyps and cancer (all stages). Conclusions: Our results suggest that the sensitivity of NMT2 in detecting adenomatous polyps is high (91%). A simple blood-based CRC screening test using NMT2 expression detects colorectal adenomatous polyps and cancer with high sensitivity and specificity has the potential of increasing the compliance for CRC screening as has been reported for other blood-based CRC screening tests.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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