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. 2020 Jul 23;6(9):1–9. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.2485

Table 2. Agreement Rates of the DLS and General Pathologists With the Subspecialists’ Majority Opinion at 3 Clinically Important Decision Cutoffsa.

Clinical task, evaluation metric % (95% CI)
DLS General pathologist
Nontumor vs tumor determination (n = 752)
Agreement with subspecialist majority opinion 94.3 (92.4-95.9) 94.7 (92.8-96.3)b
Sensitivity 95.5 (93.7-96.8)b 92.8 (90.0-95.1)
Specificity 91.7 (88.2-94.6) 97.0 (95.1-98.6)b
Grading of tumor-containing biopsy specimensc
Agreement with subspecialist majority opinion for GG1 vs GG2-5 (n = 498) 86.1 (83.1-89.2)b 80.6 (77.9-83.5)
Agreement with subspecialist majority opinion for GG1-2 vs GG3-5 (n = 498) 92.8 (90.8-94.9)b 86.0 (83.2-88.5)

Abbreviations: DLS, deep learning system; GG, grade group.

a

Similar to Figure 1, the agreement rate of the general pathologists represents the mean rate across all general pathologists.

b

The higher value in the row.

c

Agreement on 2 Gleason grading thresholds.