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. 2009 Sep 18;6:18. doi: 10.4103/1742-6413.55894

Table 4.

Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of benign neoplastic (adenomas) versus malignant thyroid tumors for each of the IHC markers

Markers Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Gal-3 0.926 0.714 0.926 0.714
Ret 0.852 0.571 0.885 0.500
HBME-1 0.889 0.429 0.857 0.500
CK19 0.852 0.429 0.852 0.429

Gal-3-Galectin-3; Ret-Ret oncoprotein; CK 19-Cytokeratin 19; PPV-Positive predictive value; NPV-Negative predictive value