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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of all Benign vs. Malignant Thyroid Lesions for each of the IHC markers

From: Utility of immunohistochemical markers in differentiating benign from malignant follicular-derived thyroid nodules

Markers

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Gal-3

0.852

0.724

0.630

0.899

Ret

0.833

0.694

0.600

0.883

HBME-1

0.870

0.643

0.573

0.900

CK-19

0.852

0.684

0.597

0.893

  1. Gal-3, galectin-3; Ret, Ret oncoprotein; CK19, cytokeratin 19; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.