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. 2020 Mar 10;3:31. doi: 10.1038/s41746-020-0238-2

Table 3.

Accuracy and recall (sensitivity) for cancer subtype identification (vertical search) among frozen section slides.

Tumor type WSI count Patient count Majority-5 Majority-10 Majority-20
Accuracy Recall Accuracy Recall Accuracy Recall
Brain
GBM 1102 582 94.19 94.19 92.74 94.37 92.92 93.65
LGG 695 501 82.58 82.59 80.28 83.02 81.00 83.31
Endocrine
ACC 81 81 45.67 46.91 28.39 48.15 20.98 35.80
PCPG 174 170 85.63 86.78 86.20 89.66 83.90 86.78
THCA 514 478 97.08 97.67 97.47 98.44 97.85 98.83
Gastrointestinal tract
COAD 830 449 63.73 69.40 56.62 74.10 60.00 78.43
ESCA 166 165 25.90 31.33 12.04 23.49 09.03 15.66
STAD 623 428 71.10 74.48 65.48 80.42 67.41 81.70
READ 328 170 14.32 19.21 05.48 14.63 02.13 8.54
Gynecological
OV 1184 586 99.07 99.24 98.98 99.16 98.81 99.16
CESC 298 291 64.42 68.12 59.06 65.44 58.05 63.42
UCS 49 49 10.20 12.24 04.08 12.24 02.04 2.04
UCEC 685 524 90.07 90.80 89.05 90.80 89.34 91.68
Hematopoietic
DLBC 57 45 91.22 91.23 80.70 87.72 73.68 78.95
THYM 124 124 97.58 97.58 95.16 97.58 95.16 95.97
Liver, pancreaticobiliary
LIHC 392 370 93.36 93.88 92.60 94.64 93.62 94.90
CHOL 51 51 35.29 45.10 19.60 47.06 13.72 27.45
PAAD 216 181 91.66 91.67 90.74 93.52 90.74 93.98
Melanocytic malignancies
SKCM 463 460 98.70 98.49 98.48 98.92 99.56 99.78
UVM 69 69 46.37 46.38 31.88 39.13 18.84 27.54
Prostate/testis
TGCT 155 149 86.45 87.74 83.87 85.81 81.29 85.81
PRAD 600 485 98.33 98.33 98.33 98.33 98.50 98.67
Pulmonary
LUSC 745 485 78.25 78.79 70.87 77.99 73.42 77.72
LUAD 806 500 68.23 69.11 64.14 71.34 66.12 70.84
MESO 83 83 27.71 32.53 14.45 26.51 03.61 21.69
Urinary tract
BLCA 420 401 92.85 94.29 90.95 94.29 90.95 95.00
KICH 138 88 78.26 81.16 68.11 77.54 57.24 73.19
KIRC 1055 529 97.81 97.91 97.25 98.20 97.63 98.20
KIRP 367 282 62.12 67.30 51.22 63.76 47.13 58.86

Only those primary sites were considered for vertical search which had at least two subtypes in the repository. A positive correlation of 0.57 was measured between the number of patients and the highest accuracy.