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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Sep 9;16(21):5351–5361. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-1265

Table 2. Performance metrics of the genomic and clinical predictors.

The corresponding ROC and calibration curves are represented graphically in Figure 2.

T/FAC (n=91) FACx6 (n=87)

Genomic predictor ROC AUC 0.711 (95%CI:0.570–0.852) 0.584 (95%CI:0.353–0.815)

PPV 38% (95%CI:21–56) 9% (95%CI:1–29)
NPV 88% (95%CI:77–95) 92% (95%CI:83–97)
Sensitivity 63% (95%CI:38–84) 29% (95%CI:4–71)
Specificity 72% (95%CI:60–82) 75% (95%CI:64–84)

Clinical predictor Discrimination (ROC) AUC 0.89 (95%CI:0.85–0.93) 0.82 (95%CI:0.75–0.89)

Calibration p-value 0.21 0.03
E max 10.5% 15.5%
E average 4.8% 9.2%

Abbreviations: FAC = 5-Fluorouracil, Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide; T/FAC = weekly Paclitaxel and 5-Fluorouracil, Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide; AUC = Area Under the ROC Curve, ROC = receiver operating characteristic, CI = confidence interval; E = difference in predicted probabilities and observed frequencies; E max = maximal error, E average= average error.