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. 2016 Nov 8;8(7):11199–11205. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.13204

Table 2. Diagnostic accuracy of cytomorphological features in relation to tumor histotype.

Histotype Cytomorphological features Sensitivity % Specificity % Overall Accuracy % p
Adenocarcinoma Nucleoli and small-medium clusters 73 98 90 <0.001
Squamous cell carcinoma High necrosis and large clusters 74 99 97 <0.001
Small cell carcinoma Moderate necrosis and single cells 79 96 94 <0.001