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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2019 Nov 28;156(2):387–392. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.11.028

Table 3.

Sensitivity and specificity of each individual molecular test and combinations of tests. Number of evaluable cases and controls varies secondary to variable total DNA quantity and individual test quality control. Only specimens passing quality control measures included.

Molecular test Endometrial cancer cases (N=38) Benign endometrium controls (N=27)
No.
evaluated
Sensitivity No.
evaluated
False Positive
No. (%)
positive or
present
Exact 95% CI for
sensitivity, %
No. (%)
positive or
present
Exact 95% CI for
false positive rate,
%
HOXA9 methylation, positive vs. negative 37 14 (37.8%) (22.5, 55.2) 25 0 (0.0%) (0.0, 13.7)
RASSF1 methylation, positive vs. negative 35 14 (40.0%) (23.9, 57.9) 22 0 (0.0%) (0.0, 15.4)
HTR1B methylation, positive vs. negative 36 14 (38.9%) (23.1, 56.5) 20 0 (0%) (0.0, 16.8)
Copy number, present vs. absent 14 5 (35.7%) (12.8, 64.9) 9 1 (11.1%) (0.3, 48.3)
Mutation, present vs. absent 20 10 (50.0%) (27.2, 72.8) 18 3 (16.7%) (3.6, 41.4)
Methylation (positive for any gene) vs. all 3 tests negative 35 21 (60.0%) (42.1, 76.1) 18 0 (0%) (0, 18.5)
Methylation (positive for any gene) OR copy number change present vs. all 4 tests negative or absent 26 23 (88.5%) (69.9, 97.6) 8 1 (12.5%) (0.3, 52.7)
Methylation (positive for any gene) OR presence of any gene mutation vs. all 4 tests negative or absent 30 25 (83.3%) (65.3, 94.4) 17 3 (17.7%) (3.8, 43.4)
Copy number change present OR presence of any gene mutation vs. both tests negative or absent 18 13 (72.2%) (46.5, 90.3) 10 4 (40.0%) (12.2, 73.8)
Methylation (positive for any gene) OR copy number change present OR presence of any gene mutation vs. all 5 tests negative or absent 28 27 (96.4%) (81.7, 99.9) 10 4 (40.0%) (12.2, 73.8)
Any positive/present vs. all negative/absent, based on the patients tested for all 5 tests 12 11 (91.7%) (61.5, 99.8) 7 1 (14.3%) (0.4, 57.9)