Evolution of Frozen Section in Carcinoma Breast: Systematic Review

Table 1

Comparison of frozen section results in the diagnosis of breast lesions.

Sr. no.	Author and year	No. of cases	DF cases	FN	FP	Accuracy
1	Jenning et al., 1957 [15]	212	5.7%	0.9%	Nil	93.4%
2	Akermen et al., 1958 [16]	440	2.2%	0.9%	Nil	96.8%
3	Winship et al., 1959 [17]	1004	1.17%	0.8%	Nil	98.1%
4	Rosen, 1978 [13]	556	5.3%	1.4%	Nil	93.2%
5	Kagali, 1983 [18]	158	1.2%	1.2%	1.8%	94.9%
6	Fessia et al., 1984 [19]	4436	Nil	1.6%	Nil	96.5%
7	Rogers et al., 1987 [20]	315	1.2%	2.8%	Nil	95.9%
9	Hou et al., 1995 [21]	549	Nil	0.5%	Nil	99.1%
10	Altaf, 2004 [22]	203	4.9%	1.9%	Nil	98%
11	Sultana et al., 2005 [23]	316	2.1%	0.3%	0.6%	99%
12	Karve et al., 2005 [24]	237	0.8%	0.4%	Nil	99.5%
13	Mulleller Holzner et al., 2007 [25]	2619	Nil	0.4%	0.08%	99.5%
14	Brunner et al., 2009 [26]	120	Nil	3.3%	Nil	96.7%
15	Belliolo et al., 2009 [27]	290	Nil	0.59%	Nil	99.3%
16.	Mahadevappa et al., 2017 [28]	62	1.6%	Nil	1.62%	98.3%
17.	Kaira et al., 2018 [29]	115	3.5%	Nil	1.7%	98.3%
18.	Grabenstetter et al., 2019 [30]	711	1.1%	5.4%	Nil	96.0
19.	Namdar et al., 2021 [31]	1742	Nil	1.1%	5.1%	93.6%
Total		14,085	2.41%	2.52%	1.82%	95.62%