Research Article
Correlation between Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology and Histology for Palpable Breast Masses in a Nigerian Tertiary Health Institution
Table 2
Comparison of results with UK NHSBSP thresholds of performance.
| | Parameter | Minimum (%) | Preferred (%) | This LUTH study |
| | Absolute sensitivity | >60 | >70 | 95.4% | | Complete sensitivity | >80 | >90 | 99.2% | | Full specificity | >55 | >65 | 88.9% | | Positive predictive value | >98 | >99 | 99.6% | | False-negative rate | <6 | <4 | 0.8% | | False-positive rate | <1 | <0.5 | 0.4% | | Inadequate rate | <25 | <15 | 3.2% | | Inadequate rate from cancers | <10 | <5 | 0% | | Suspicious rate | <20 | <15 | 10.1% |
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