Table 4 Comparison of early malignant diagnosability between biliary MIC-1 and biliary cytology.

From: The efficacy of biliary and serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 for diagnosing biliary tract cancer

 

Biliary MIC-1

Biliary cytology

P value

Sensitivity (%)

71.4 (10/14)

8.33 (1/12)

<0.01

Specificity (%)

82.8 (24/29)

100 (14/14)

0.16

Accuracy (%)

79.0 (34/43)

57.6 (15/26)

0.10

  1. MIC-1, macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1.
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