Table 2 Correlation of melanoma-FISH and myPath gene expression score with the expert histopathologic interpretation

From: Comparison between melanoma gene expression score and fluorescence in situ hybridization for the classification of melanocytic lesions

 

Histopathology

Total

  

95% CI

 

Malignant

Benign

    

(A) Unequivocal cases

 FISH

Positive

14

0

39

Sensitivity

93%

0.66–0.99

Negative

1

24

 

Specificity

100%

0.83–1.00

    

Agreement

97%

 

 myPath

Malignant

8

1

39

Sensitivity

62%

0.32–0.85

Benign

5

21

 

Specificity

95%

0.75–0.99

Indeterminate

2

2

 

Agreement

83%

 
 

Favor malignant

Favor benign

Ambiguous

Total

  

95% CI

(B) Challenging cases

 FISH

Positive

15

5

3

78

Sensitivity

56%

0.36–0.74

Negative

12

25

18

 

Specificity

83%

0.65–0.94

     

Agreement

70%

 

 myPath

Malignant

13

4

3

78

Sensitivity

52%

0.32–0.72

Benign

12

16

18

 

Specificity

80%

0.56–0.93

Indeterminate

3

9

0

 

Agreement

64%

 

(C) All cases

 FISH

Positive

29

5

3

117

Sensitivity

69%

0.53–0.82

Negative

13

49

18

 

Specificity

91%

0.79–0.97

     

Agreement

81%

 

 myPath

Malignant

21

5

3

117

Sensitivity

55%

0.38–0.71

Benign

17

37

18

 

Specificity

88%

0.74–0.96

Indeterminate

5

11

0

 

Agreement

73%

 
  1. A—unequivocal cases; B—challenging cases; C—all cases. Statistic parameters calculated on non-indeterminate cases.