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Table 2 Diagnostic performance of the two different methods for computing tumour-to-nipple-areola complex distance at different cut-off values

From: Nipple-sparing mastectomy: external validation of a three-dimensional automated method to predict nipple occult tumour involvement on preoperative breast MRI

Parameters

Automatic

Manual

p value

Best (≤ 30 mm)

≤ 5 mm

≤ 10 mm

≤ 20 mm

Best (≤ 21 mm)

≤ 5 mm

≤ 10 mm

≤ 20 mm

Sensitivity (%)

78.3

8.7

26.1

34.8

73.9

43.5

43.5

73.9

0.537

Specificity (%)

71.4

100.0

100.0

85.7

61.2

95.9

85.7

61.2

0.197

PPV (%)

56.3

100.

100.0

53.3

47.2

83.3

58.8

47.2

0.276

NPV (%)

87.5

70.0

74.3

73.7

83.3

78.3

76.4

83.3

0.477

Accuracy (%)

73.6

70.8

76.4

69.5

65.3

79.2

72.2

65.3

0.281

  1. PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value