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Table 2 The risk of malignancy in current study and comparison with a few previous publications

From: A retrospective analysis of serous effusions based on the newly proposed international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology: a report of 3633 cases in an oncological center

Author

Specimen type

Year

Total cases

Risk of malignancy(ROM)

ND

NFM

AUS

SFM

MAL

Sahar J. F et al [15]

PF + AF + PeriF

2019

34,941

17.4%

20.7%

65.9%

81.8%

98.9%

Ediel V et al [14]

PF

2019

519

50%

44%

50%

83.3%

96.2%

Cláudia L et al [10]

PF/AF/ PeriF

2020

1496/763/64

57.1%/100%/-

23.9%/26.3%/0%

50%/62.5%/0%

76.2%/91.7%/-

100%/100%/100%

Yi X et al [11]

PF

2021

2454

26.7%

12%,

62.3%

77.8%

100%

Shilpy J et al [12]

PF

2021

939

87.5%

51.6%

88.2%

87.5%

100%

Daniel P et al [13]

PF

2021

350

40%

20.16%

42.86%

78.57%

100%

Tieying H et al [6]

PF + AF + PeriF

2021

2405

-

-

39%

64%

-

Current study

PF + AF + PeriF

2021

3588

38.5%(5/13)

28.6%(304/1064)

52.1%(50/96)

99.4%(673/677)

100%(1738/1738)

 

PF

 

2326

40%(4/10)

29.8%(206/691)

49.3%(36/73)

99.3%(439/442)

100%(1110/1110)

 

AF

 

1145

0%(0/2)

27.5%(90/327)

60.9%(14/23)

99.5%(221/222)

100%(571/571)

 

PeriF

 

117

100%(1/1)

17.4%(8/46)

0%(0/0)

100%(13/13)

100%(57/57)

  1. Abbreviations: ND non-diagnostic, NFM negative for malignancy, AUS atypia of undetermined significance, SFM suspicious of malignancy, MAL malignancy, PF pleural fluid, AF ascitic fluid, PeriF pericardial fluid