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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2014 May;9(5):631–638. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000115

TABLE 2.

ALK IHC vs. ALK FISH for All Readers and Overall after Consensus Review

Reader (n evaluable) IHC FISH + FISH− Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Accuracy (95% CI)
Reader 1 (n = 97) IHC+ 39 2 91 (78–96) 96 (88–99) 94 (87–97)
IHC− 4 52
Reader 2 (n = 99) IHC+ 39 2 89 (76–95) 96 (88–99) 93 (86–97)
IHC− 5 53
Reader 3 (n = 99) IHC+ 39 2 89 (76–95) 96 (88–99) 93 (86–97)
IHC− 5 53
Reader 4 (n = 99) IHC+ 42 2* 93 (82–98) 96* (88–99) 95* (89–98)
IHC− 3 52*
Reader 5 (n = 99) IHC+ 39 2* 87 (74–94) 96* (88–99) 92* (85–96)
IHC− 6 52*
Reader 6 (n = 99)* IHC+ 40 2* 91 (79–96) 96* (88–99) 94* (87–97)
IHC− 4 53*
Reader 7 (n = 99)* IHC+ 40 2* 91 (79–96) 96* (88–99) 94* (87–97)
IHC− 4 53*
Overall (n = 691)* IHC+ 278 14* 90 (80–98) 96* (90–100) 93* (88–98)
IHC − 31 368*

ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; IHC, immunohistochemistry; FISH, fluoroscence in situ hybridization; CI, confidence interval.

*

indicates changes from Table 1.