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Table 1 Diagnostic characteristics of MRCP, Cytology, FISH and FISH & cytology

From: An assessment of chromosomal alterations detected by fluorescence in situ hybridisation in pancreatobiliary tract malignancy

Characteristic

MRCP

Cytology

FISH

FISH & cytology

Sensitivity

26.9%(14/52)

40.4%(21/52)

76.9%(40/52)

78.8%(41/52)

Specificity

50.0%(7/14)

100%(14/14)

92.9%(13/14)

92.9%(13/14)

PPV

66.7%(14/21)

100%(21/21)

97.6%(40/41)

97.6%(41/42)

NPV

15.6%(7/45)

31.1%(14/45)

52.0%(13/25)

54.2%(13/24)

AUC(95%CI)

‡0.385 (0.212–0.557)

*0.702 (0.573–0.831)

*0.849 (0.742–0.956)

*§0.859 (0.754–0.963)

  1. Sensitivity = True positive/(True positive+False negative)
  2. Specificity = True negative/(True negative+False positive)
  3. PPV = True positive/(True positive+False positive)
  4. NPV = True negative/(True negative+False negative)
  5. FISH & cytology FISH combined cytology, FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization, MRCP endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, AUC area under the curve, CI confidence interval
  6. *P <0.01 represents difference compared with the cytology alone diagnostic strategy
  7. ‡ P = 0.021 represents difference compared MRCP with the cytology diagnostic strategy
  8. §P = 1.000 represents comparison between FISH and FISH combined cytology