Sparing sentinel node biopsy through axillary lymph node fine needle aspiration in primary breast cancers

Table 3 Efficacy of the diagnostic tools

	Lymph node in surgical pathology (SLNB or ALND)
	Positive	Negative
FNAC positive	20	0
FNAC negative	14	37
Sensitivity	58.82%
Specificity	100%
Positive predictive value	100%
Negative predictive value	72.55%
False-positive rate	0%
False-negative rate	41.18%
Accuracy	80.28%

SLNB: Sentinel lymph node biopsy; ALND: Axillary lymph node dissection; FNAC: Fine needle aspiration cytology.

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