Table 2.

Summary Data From Literature Survey on Thyroid FNA

FeatureMeanRangeDefinition
Sensitivity (%)8365-98Likelihood that a patient who has disease has a positive test result
Specificity (%)9272-100Likelihood that a patient without disease has a negative test result
Positive predictive value (%)7550-96Fraction of patients who have a positive test who have disease
False-negative rate (%)51-11FNA negative; histology positive for cancer
FNA, fine-needle aspiration.
*From Gharib et al. ( 4 ). Used with permission.

From: Fine-Needle Aspiration of the Thyroid Gland

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