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Table 2.

IMP diagnoses influenced real-world intervention and surveillance decisions that were of benefit to patients (total N = 491)

Initial ICG recommendation	Initial IMP diagnosis	Patients who had clinical intervention at follow-up in reality			Patients who had surveillance at follow-up in reality^a
Initial ICG recommendation	Initial IMP diagnosis	n	Surgery rate, %	Malignant outcome rate, %	n	Surveillance rate, %	Benign outcome rate, %
Surveillance	Low risk (n = 195)	33	17	3	162	83	99
Surveillance	High risk (n = 8)	7	88	57	1	12	100
Surgery	Low risk (n = 202)	90	45	9	112	55	99
Surgery	High risk (n = 86)	76	88	66	10	12	100

^aMedian follow-up time 2.9 years (range, 1.9 to 7.7 years)