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. 2014 Oct 3;25(12):2372–2378. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu461

Table 2.

Performance of BRCA IHC by mechanism of loss

BRCA1 loss (germline only)
BRCA1 loss (germline/somatic/methylation)
No Yes No Yes
BRCA1 IHC results
 Normal 83 4 83 4
 Abnormal 23 25 5 35
Rate 95% CI Rate 95% CI
BRCA1 IHC performance
 Sensitivity 86.2% 73.7% to 98.8% 89.7% 80.2% to 99.3%
 Specificity 78.3 70.5% to 86.2% 94.3% 89.5% to 99.2%
 PPV 52.1% 38.0% to 66.2% 87.5% 77.3% to 97.8%
 NPV 95.4% 91.0% to 99.8% 95.4% 91.0% to 99.8%
 OCCR 80.0% 73.3% to 86.8% 92.9% 88.5% to 97.4%

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; OCCR, overall correct classification rate.