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The Canadian Laboratory Initiative on Pediatric Reference Intervals (CALIPER) sought to develop a pediatric database of covariate-stratified reference value distributions for 11 key circulating tumor markers, including those used in assessment of patients with childhood or adult cancers.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Healthy community children from birth to 18 years of age were recruited to participate in the CALIPER project with informed parental consent. We analyzed serum samples from 400\u2013700 children (depending on the analyte in question) on the Abbott Architect ci4100 and established reference intervals for \u03b1-fetoprotein (AFP), antithyroglobulin (anti-Tg), human epididymis protein 4 (HE4), cancer antigen 125 (CA125), CA15-3, CA19-9, progastrin-releasing peptide (proGRP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC), and total and free prostate specific antigen (PSA) according to CLSI C28-A3 statistical guidelines.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We observed significant fluctuations in biomarker concentrations by age and\/or sex in 10 of 11 biomarkers investigated. Age partitioning was required for CA153, CA125, CA19-9, CEA, SCC, proGRP, total and free PSA, HE4, and AFP, whereas sex partitioning was also required for CA125, CA19-9, and total and free PSA.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This CALIPER study established a database of childhood reference intervals for 11 tumor biomarkers and revealed dramatic fluctuations in tumor marker concentrations between boys and girls and throughout childhood. 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