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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Apr 1;115(7):1555–1562. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24182

Table 3.

Effectiveness of Different Methods for Detecting Metastasis in Axillary Sentinel Lymph Nodes

Sensitivity Specificity
Method % 95% CI, % % 95% CI, %
TI 45 23.1–68.5 100 95.4–100
FS 75 50.9–91.3 100 95.4–100
RCI 80 56.3–94.3 100 95.4–100
FP 90 68.3–98.8 100 95.4–100
TI+FS 80 56.3–94.3 100 95.4–100
FS+RCI 85 62.1–96.8 100 95.4–100

95% CI indicates 95% confidence interval; TI, touch imprint; FS, frozen section; RCI, rapid cytokeratin immunostain, FP, final pathology examination.