Table 3. Comparison of cytologic findings of FNA to histological findings of surgical excision.

		Histologic findings of surgical excision
	No surgical confirmationa	Nonconclusive	Benign	High risk	DCIS	Invasive carcinoma	Total
Cytologic findings
Nonconclusive	35		18 (NC)	2 (NC)	2 (NC)	13 (NC)	70
Benign	54		17 (A)		1 (M)	4 (M)	76
	1						1
Malignancy	4		2 (O)		8 (O DCIS)	81 (A)	95
Total	94	0	37	2	11	98	242

^aNo surgical confirmation at the hospital where the FNA was performed. NC=nonconclusives; A=agreements; M=misses; O=overestimates.