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. 2006 Feb 7;61(4):331–336. doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.051508

Table 6 Two by two table for decision as to whether patient should have a biopsy sample taken.

Cancer No cancer Total
Recommend biopsy 60 61 121
Recommend avoiding biopsy 4 26 30
Total 64 87 151

Patients with a risk of malignancy of 15% or more were categorised as “recommend biopsy”.