World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Table 4 Diagnostic performance of biliary biopsy for diagnosing malignant biliary stricture

From: Transpapillary biliary biopsy for malignant biliary strictures: comparison between cholangiocarcinoma and pancreatic cancer

Malignancy	Total	CCC	Pancreas	Others^a
Sensitivity (%)	53.85	73.53	29.17	42.86
Specificity (%)	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
PPV (%)	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
NPV (%)	31.82	60.87	45.16	77.78

CCC cholangiocarcinoma, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value
^aOthers include colon cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, gallbladder cancer, and lung cancer with liver metastasis

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