Clinical Study
Cytological and Pathological Correlation of FNAC in Assessing Breast Lumps and Axillary Lymph Node Swellings in a Public Sector Hospital in India
Table 5
Summary of studies showing the results of FNAC (after excluding unsatisfactory samples).
| | Author (year) | Number of patients | Sensitivity | Specificity | False positive | False negative |
| | Tao et al. (2004) [14] | 2701 | 97.9% | 99.8% | 0.2% | 2.1% | | Yu et al. (2006) [15] | 2128 | 98% | 75.5% | 24.5% | 2% | | Wang (1981) [16] | 1024 | 88.1% | 91.7% | 8.3% | 11.9% | | Farshid et al. (2008) [17] | 1093 | 97.8% | 88% | 12% | 2.2% | | Vasu et al. (present study) | 723 | 99% | 100% | 0% | 1% |
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