Review Article

The Diagnostic Performance of Afirma Gene Expression Classifier for the Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Performance of cytological subtypes indeterminate cases with GEC results (N=1628).

GEC ResultsAUS/FLUSSFNSMTotal

Benign427(41.6%)206(39.0%)18(24.3%)651
Suspicious554(54.0%)301(57.0%)55(74.3%)910
Unsatisfactory45(4.4%)21(4.0%)1(1.4%)67
Total 1026528741628

AUS/FLUS, atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesion of undetermined significance; SFN, follicular or Hürthle cell neoplasm or suspicious for follicular neoplasm; SM, suspicious for malignancy.