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. 2022 Apr 7;22:65. doi: 10.1186/s12880-022-00784-8

Table 2.

The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and overall accuracy of US guided transoral CNB and US guided transcutaneous CNB

Groups Sen (%) Spe (%) PPV (%) NPV (%) Accuracy
Transoral group 92.6% 100% 100% 87.5% 95.2%
95% (CI) (76.6–95.7) (86.8–100) (92.3–100) (63.6–92.8)
Tanssubmental group 81.8% 100% 100% 73.9% 88%
95% (CI) (93.4–100) (86.7–100) (93.4–100) (86.7–100)

US ultrasound, CNB core needle biopsy

Sen (%) (sensitivity), Spe (%) (specificity), PPV (%) (positive predictive value), NPV (%) (negative predictive value)