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Table 3 Comparison Between the Classification of Thyroid Nodules based on CNB and Resected Specimens from Two-Classification Method

From: Pathological diagnosis of thyroid nodules based on core needle biopsies: comparative study between core needle biopsies and resected specimens in 578 cases

  

Resected specimen, No.

  

CNB specimen, No.

 

A

B

Total

κ

 

Malignancy

Others

Malignancy

Others

 

A

Malignancy

489

0

  

489

0.546

Others

52

37

  

89

 

B

Malignancy

  

519

1

520

0.737

Others

  

22

36

58

 

Total

 

541

37

541

37

  
  1. CNB core needle biopsy