Modality of approach | Cases(n) | Tumours(n) | Adequacy(%) | Sensitivity(%) | Specificity(%) | PPV (%) | NPV (%) |
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NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value. | |||||||
*Data presented at the 22nd European Congress of Cytology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25–28 September 1994. | |||||||
Radiological cases | 195 | 123 | 83.6 | 85.4 | 100 | 100 | 80.0 |
Surgical cases(total all units) | 265 | 185 | 95.8 | 92.4 | 96.3 | 98.3 | 87.6 |
Professorial unit | 128 | 105 | 99.2 | 95.2 | 95.7 | 99.0 | 82.0 |
All other units | 137 | 80 | 92.7 | 88.8 | 96.5 | 97.3 | 92.0 |