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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 6.
Published in final edited form as: Diagn Cytopathol. 2010 Apr;38(4):244–251. doi: 10.1002/dc.21177

TABLE 5.

Percent Sensitivity (Se) and Specificity (Sp) of Image Analysis of Nipple Aspirate Fluid (NAF) and Mammary Ductoscopy (MD) Samples

All cases (N=39)
PND1 (N=20)
No PND (N=19)
Se Sp Se Sp Se Sp
NAF
 - Aneuploid 31 88 0 83 36 100
 - Hypertetraploid2 31 96 0 94 36 100
 - SPF3 > 20 46 88 50 83 45 100
MD
 - Aneuploid 38 85 50 78 36 100
 - Hypertetraploid 38 88 0 89 45 88
 - SPF > 20 31 73 50 67 27 88
NAF and/or MD
 - Aneuploid 46 85 50 72 45 100
 - Hypertetraploid 46 85 0 83 55 88
 - SPF > 20 46 69 50 61 45 100
1

PND: pathologic spontaneous nipple discharge

2

Diploid defined as DNA Index (DI) = 0.8-1.2, aneuploid as any value above or below diploid. The scores are based on overall DI. Hypertetraploidy is defined as any case that has one or more cells with a DI > 2.0.

3

SPF: S phase fraction