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. 2015 Mar 15;8(3):4369–4374.

Table 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of the 3 protein markers in the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Protein markers Sensitivity specificity PPV NPV Accuracy
CK-19+ 96.30% 40.40% 72.60% 86.80% 75.10%
TPO- 88.00% 86.20% 91.20% 81.70% 87.30%
HBME+ 85.30% 62.80% 85.10% 73.00% 76.60%

CK-19, cytokeratin-19; TPO, thyroid peroxidase; HBME-1, human bone marrow endothelial cell-1.