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. 2019 Feb 22;14(2):e0212454. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212454

Table 2. Sensitivity, secificity, PPV, and NPV of treatment identified with SAS-based text mining for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer patients (n = 17,310), 2012–2014, California.

Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Treatment Group % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Platinum doublets 90.0 89.7, 91.9 99.4 99.2, 99.5 96.4 95.6, 97.1 98.3 98.1, 98.5
Pemetrexed-based regimens 93.4 92.2, 94.4 98.9 98.7, 99.1 92.5 91.4, 93.6 99.1 98.9, 99.2
Bevacizumab-based regimens 88.1 85.1, 90.7 99.8 99.7, 99.9 93.0 90.5, 94.9 99.6 99.5, 99.7
Pemetrexed and bevacizumab regimens 97.3 95.7, 98.4 99.3 99.1, 99.4 84.4 81.8, 86.6 99.9 99.8, 99.9
Single agents 88.6 84.6, 91.8 98.9 98.7, 99.0 60.4 56.8, 63.8 99.8 99.7, 99.8
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors 93.2 91.9, 94.3 98.2 97.9, 98.4 84.8 83.2, 86.2 99.2 99.1, 99.4
No systemic treatment 88.3 87.4, 89.1 92.4 91.9, 92.9 84.4 83.6, 85.2 94.5 94.1, 94.8
Unknown systemic treatment 74.3 72.9, 75.7 96.5 96.2, 96.8 85.7 84.6, 86.8 92.9 92.6, 93.3

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value