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Table 3 The number of TP, TN, FN, and FP for frozen section analysis compared to permanent section analysis for confirming the presence of metastatic disease within sentinel lymph node candidates for invasive lobular carcinomas and invasive ductal carcinomas

From: Comparison of intraoperative frozen section analysis for sentinel lymph node biopsy during breast cancer surgery for invasive lobular carcinoma and invasive ductal carcinoma

 

ILC

IDC

Total cases

P-value

TP

36

33

69

0.622

TN

77

89

166

0.171

FN

18

11

29

0.155

FP

0

0

0

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Total

131

133

264

 
  1. ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; TP, true positive; TN, true negative; FP, false positive; FN, false negative