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Table 3 Diagnostic value of preoperative diagnosis between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma

From: Histological comparison between preoperative and surgical specimens of non-small cell lung cancer for distinguishing between "squamous" and "non-squamous" cell carcinoma

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

Lung cancer

75.1

-

100

100

75.1

 

(169/225)

 

(169/169)

(56/56)

(169/225)

ADC

75.5

88.3

91.0

69.0

80.4

 

(105/139)

(76/86)

(105/115)

(76/110)

(181/225)

SQC

65.6

99.3

97.7

87.2

89.3

 

(44/67)

(157/158)

(44/45)

(157/180)

(201/225)

p-value (ADC vs. SQC)

0.138

<0.001

0.184

<0.001

0.012

  1. Abbreviations: PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value, ADC adenocarcinoma, SQC squamous cell carcinoma.
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