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Table 1 Sensitivity, specificity, false positivity, false negativity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of incidental thyroid nodules detected on low-dose helical CT in patients undergoing fine needle aspiration for histologic confirmation

From: Clinical significance of incidental thyroid nodules identified on low-dose CT for lung cancer screening

 

Thyroid cancer

  

Present

Absent or undetermined

Low-dose chest CT

Positive

7

19

 

Negative

13

36

  1. Sensitivity = 35.0%, Specificity = 65.4%, False positivity = 34.5%, False negativity = 65.0%, Positive predictive value = 26.9%, Negative predictive value = 73.4%.
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Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

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