Table 7 Comparison of diagnostic efficacy of two cytological examinations combined with ductoscopy.

From: The diagnostic value of cytology in the mammary intraductal lesions of patients with pathological nipple discharge

Diagnostic method

Accuracy (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Youden index

FDS + smear cytology

81.51

94.85

77.27

0.676

FDS + liquid-based cytology

92.44

96.91

81.82

0.742

P value

0.012

0.470

0.768

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