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Table 1 Classification of cases and method used for diagnosis (used with permission from [[5]])

From: Evaluation of inadequate, indeterminate, false-negative and false-positive cases in cytological examination for breast cancer according to histological type

  

Histology (B3)

 

Cytological category

(n)

By operation (B1)

By needle biopsy (B2)

  

Benign

Borderline

Malignancy

Inadequate

Normal or benign

Indeterminate

Malignancy suspected

Malignancy

Inadequate

A1

C1

D1

E1

F1

G1

H1

I1

J1

 

(1152)

(12)

(0)

(82)

(0)

(63)

(3)

(0)

(13)

Normal or benign

A2

C2

D2

E2

F2

G2

H2

I2

J2

 

(2914)

(85)

(32)

(40)

(3)

(99)

(2)

(0)

(12)

Indeterminate

A3

C3

D3

E3

F3

G3

H3

I3

J3

 

(458)

(27)

(5)

(63)

(3)

(27)

(4)

(0)

(10)

Malignancy suspected

A4

C4

D4

E4

F4

G4

H4

I4

J4

 

(272)

(3)

(0)

(65)

(0)

(11)

(0)

(0)

(27)

Malignancy

A5

C5

D5

E5

F5

G5

H5

I5

J5

 

(897)

(3)

(0)

(521)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(35)

Total

A6

C6

D6

E6

F6

G6

H6

I6

J6

 

(5693)

(130)

(37)

(771)

(6)

(200)

(9)

(0)

(97)