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Table 2 Concordance between clinical impression and histological diagnosis (n = 1016*)

From: Minor surgery in general practice in Ireland- a report of workload and safety

 

Histological diagnosis N (% of total)

 

Clinical diagnosis

  

Total

 

Malignant/Premalignant

Benign

 

Malignant/Premalignant

228 (22.4%)

92 (9.1%)

320

Benign

40 (3.9%)

656 (64.6%)

696

Total

268

748

1016

  1. Sensitivity = 228/(228 + 40) = 0.85 Specificity = 656/(656 + 92) = 0.88
  2. *No clinical impression was recorded for 115 cases and hence no comparison possible