Table 2

Review of previous studies comparing FNA cytology and NCB in the diagnosis of malignant abdominal lesions

			Diagnostic sensitivity
Reference	No. malignant cases	Site	FNA	NCB	Combined
*Data expressed as “retrieval rate”; includes benign cases; †data derived from table 1, reference 17; ‡data derived from tables 1 and 2, reference 18; §data expressed as “correct diagnosis”.
FNA, fine needle aspiration; NCB, needle core biopsy; NS, not specified.
Jacobsen and colleagues¹⁰	48	Liver	100	80	100
Cochond-Priollet and colleagues¹⁴	26	Liver	81	69	85
*Livraghi and colleagues¹²	200	Abdomen	89	83	98
Bedenne and colleagues¹¹	36	Liver	83	81	92
Lin et al and colleagues¹⁵	59	Liver	95	89	NS
Solmi and colleagues¹⁶	42	Pancreas	95	71	95
†Moulton and Moore¹⁷	118	Abdomen	75	86	91
‡Tikkakoski and colleagues¹⁸	49	Abdomen	88	73	NS
§Nyman and colleagues⁸	55	Abdomen	62	91	93
Dusenbery and colleagues¹⁹	40	Liver	90	85	98
Our series	129	Abdomen	86	82	90