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Table 3 Sensitivities and specificities of the tests when CT scan is negative

From: Optimal sequence of tests for the mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

 
 

Mean

CI

Mean

CI

Source

TBNA

4

[2.6, 5.7]2

97.1

[89.7, 99.9]1

[59]

PET

75

[66.2, 82.9]4

93

[92.4, 93.6]4

[56]

EBUS

69.2

[39.3, 91.9]2

99.5

[94.3, 100]2

[60, 61]

EUS

58

[34.7, 79.5]2

99.5

[94.3, 100]2

[58]

MED

47

[28.9, 65.5]2

99.9

[100, 100]2

[24]

  1. Mean and 95 % CI values are given in percentages. In the case of the sensitivity and the specificity of the EBUS, we considered that the mean value of the distribution was the average of the values given by the two references
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

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