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. 2007 Jun;28(6):1088–1092. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0501

Table 2:

Conventional MRI detection of RNBS-positive skull metastasis

Cancer Type Sensitivity
Specificity
κ Agreement Beyond Chance of 2 Readers
Reader 1 (%) Reader 2 (%) Reader 1 (%) Reader 2 (%)
Overall, n = 75 55.3 (21/38) 42.1 (16/38) 97.3 (36/37) 100 (37/37) 0.65 (62/75) Substantial
Lung, n = 32 27.3 (3/11) 36.4 (4/11) 100 (21/21) 100 (21/21) 0.81 (29/32) Almost perfect
Breast, n = 20 80 (12/15) 60 (9/15) 100 (5/5) 100 (5/5) 0.50 (15/20) Moderate
Prostate, n = 8 42.9 (3/7) 14.3 (1/7) 100 (1/1) 100 (1/1) 0 (4/8) None
Other, n = 15 60 (3/5) 40 (2/5) 90 (9/10) 100 (10/10) 0.93 (13/15) Almost perfect

Note:—Other indicates genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancer, Ewing sarcoma, lymphoma, myxoid chondrosarcoma, squamous cell cancer of the head and neck, and thymic and undifferentiated cancer.