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Table 2 Comparison between intraoperative frozen section and final histological diagnosis

From: Frozen section is superior to imprint cytology for the intra-operative assessment of sentinel lymph node metastasis in Stage I Breast cancer patients

 

Node-positive cases at final diagnosis

Node-negative cases at final diagnosis

 

Positive in introperative frozen section

15

0

15

Negative in introperative frozen section

2

121

123

 

17

121

 
 

Sensitivity

88.2%

 
 

Specificity

100%

 
 

Positive Predictive Value

100%

 
 

Negative Predictive Value

98.4%

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