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. 2015 May 11;33(18):2062–2071. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.59.4945

Table 3.

Performance Characteristics of MMS Incidence Screening for Malignant Ovarian (C56), Tubal (C57.0), and Primary Peritoneal (C48.2) Neoplasm

Characteristic Ovarian and Fallopian Tube Cancers
Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancers
No. 95% CI No. 95% CI
No. of women-years 296,911 296,911
No. of surgeries 640 640
Primary ovarian (C56) and tubal (C57.0) malignancies and primary peritoneal cancer (C48.2) within 1 year of screen (includes borderline and ovarian neoplasm of uncertain behavior)
    Screen positive 154 166
    Screen negative 32 35
    Sensitivity 82.8 76.6 to 87.9 82.6 76.6 to 87.6
    Specificity 99.8 99.8 to 99.9 99.8 99.8 to 99.9
    PPV 24.1 20.8 to 27.6 25.9 22.6 to 29.5
    No. of operations per screen positive 4.2 3.9
Primary invasive epithelial ovarian, tubal, and primary peritoneal malignancies within 1 year of screen (excludes borderline epithelial ovarian neoplasms)
    Screen positive 133 145
    Screen negative 22 25
    Sensitivity 85.8 79.3 to 90.9 85.3 79.1 to 90.3
    Specificity 99.8 99.8 to 99.8 99.8 99.8 to 99.8
    PPV 20.8 17.7 to 24.1 22.7 19.5 to 26.1
    No. of operations per screen positive 4.8 4.4

NOTE. All codes are International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10).

Abbreviations: MMS, multimodal strategy; PPV, positive predictive value.