Table 3.
Performance of CNB in the five studies included in the meta-analysis
| Reference | Cancer | Benign | Correct CNB diagnosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Cancer | Benign | |||
| Park et al. [15] | 11 | 42 | 53 (100) | 11 | 42 |
| Na et al. [16] | 65 | 39 | 77 (74.0) | 51 | 26 |
| Choi et al. [18] | 65 | 94 | 119 (74.8) | 56 | 63 |
| Na et al. [19] | 18 | 73 | 86 (94.5) | 15 | 71 |
| Trimboli et al. [20] | 19 | 55 | 55 (74.3) | 15 | 40 |
Values are presented as number (%).
The performance of core needle biopsy (CNB) was only calculated in thyroid nodules with follow-up (see "Materials and Methods" section and Table 1).