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. 2013 Jul 26;8(7):e69906. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069906

Table 4. Number of false negative (FN) and false positive (FP) margins (stratified by margin histology and surgical margin status) and patients (stratified by MBD) calculated from the surgeon performance, as well as, the performance of the device.

# of FN (%) # of FP (%)
Surgeon Device Surgeon Device
Margin Histology IDC 3 (19)% 3 (25%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
DCIS 6 (38%) 4 (33%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
IDC/DCIS 1 (6%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Other 6 (38%) 4 (33%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
No Tumor 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 33 (100%) 6 (100%)
Surgical Margin Status Negative 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 33 (100%) 6 (100%)
Close 10 (63%) 9 (75%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Positive 6 (38%) 3 (25%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
MBD 1 2 (13%) 3 (25%) 4 (18%) 1 (20%)
2 5 (31%) 5 (42%) 9 (41%) 1 (20%)
3 8 (50%) 3 (25%) 7 (32%) 2 (40%)
4 1 (6%) 1 (8%) 2 (9%) 1 (20%)
Measured Margin Anterior and Posterior 13 (81%) 9 (75%) 10 (30%) 4 (67%)
All Others 3 (19%) 3 (25%) 23 (70%) 2 (33%)