A Comparative and Evaluative Study of Two Cytological Grading Systems in Breast Carcinoma with Histological Grading: An Important Prognostic Factor

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Statistical parameter</td><td align="center">Robinson’s cytological grade</td><td align="center">Mouriquand’s cytological grade</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sensitivity</td><td align="center">91.30%</td><td align="center">95.65%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Specificity</td><td align="center">85.71%</td><td align="center">14.28%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Diagnostic accuracy</td><td align="center">90.0%</td><td align="center">76.66%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of concordant cases with histological grade</td><td align="center">25/30 (83.33%)</td><td align="center">20/30 (66.66%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of discordant cases with histological grade</td><td align="center">5/30 (16.66%)</td><td align="center">10/30 (33.33%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Comparison of statistical parameters and concordance of the two cytological grading methods with histological grading method.

Analytical Cellular Pathology

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Table 4 | A Comparative and Evaluative Study of Two Cytological Grading Systems in Breast Carcinoma with Histological Grading: An Important Prognostic Factor 