Research Article

A Simple Model to Assess the Probability of Invasion in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast Diagnosed by Needle Biopsy

Table 7

Performance of the simplified model in the validation population, .

ā€‰Number of patients with invasion detected in the resection specimen (%)Number of patients with pure DCIS in the resection specimen (%)Positive predictive value (95% CI)Negative predictive value (95% CI)

Low probability predicted (low-risk group), 3 (7.1)39 (92.9) 48.3% (30.1, 66.5) 92.9% (85.1, 100.0)
High probability predicted (high-risk group), 14 (48.3)15 (51.7)