Table 2 Correlation between core biopsy results and final diagnoses for the 178 lesions assessed by core biopsy

From: Assessment of 1183 screen-detected, category 3B, circumscribed masses by cytology and core biopsy with long-term follow up data

 

Final diagnostic category

 

Malignant

Non-malignant

Total

Core biopsy results

 Benign

1 (1.0%)

101 (99.0%)

102 (57.3%)

 Atypical

2 (7.1%)

26 (92.9%)

28 (15.7%)

 Suspicious

5 (71.4%)

2 (28.6%)

7 (3.9%)

 Positive

40 (100%)

0

40 (22.5%)

 Insufficient or non-diagnostic

1 (100%)

0

1 (0.6%)

   

178

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