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Table 5 Sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of Benign Non-neoplastic (HN) and Malignant Thyroid Lesions

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

Markers

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Gal-3

0.846

0.587

0.698

0.771

Ret

0.827

0.543

0.672

0.735

HBME-1

0.827

0.435

0.623

0.690

CK-19

0.846

0.500

0.657

0.742

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