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. 2018 Jan 3;9:1–11. doi: 10.2147/LCTT.S147841

Table 2.

Performance metrics for ctDNA NGS test (calculated based on clinical validation of 132 patient samples)

Patient type Patient count
Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%) Precision (%)
True positive False negative True negative False positive
Exon-19 mutated 34 2 96 0 94.44 100 98.48 100
Exon-21 mutated 7 2 123 0 77.78 100 98.48 100
Overall mutated 41 4 87 0 91.11 100 96.97 100

Notes: True positive: samples predicted as EGFR mutated in allele specific real time PCR and ctDNA NGS tests. False negative: samples with EGFR mutation in allele specific real time PCR but Wild type in ctDNA NGS test. True negative: samples predicted as Wild type EGFR in allele specific real time PCR and ctDNA NGS tests. False positive: samples predicted as Wild type EGFR in allele specific real time PCR test but mutated EGFR in ctDNA NGS test.

Abbreviations: ctDNA, circulating tumor DNA; NGS, next generation sequencing.