Authors (ref) |
N.
of pts |
Primary tumour |
Lymph node metastasis* |
Distant metastasis |
Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
Accuracy (%) |
Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
Accuracy (%) |
Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
Accuracy (%) |
Monzawa et al. [24] |
50 |
|
|
|
20
(axillar nodes) |
97 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Cooper et al. [25] |
|
|
|
|
56% |
96% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Koolen et al. [29] |
154 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
100 |
96 |
97 |
Fuster et al. [31] |
60 |
- |
- |
- |
70
(axillar nodes) |
100 |
- |
100 |
98 |
- |
Heusner et al. [39] |
61 |
- |
- |
- |
58
(axillar nodes) |
92 |
79 |
|
|
|
Segaert et al. [40] |
70 |
97 |
- |
- |
62.5 |
100 |
|
96 |
- |
- |
Heusner et al. [41] |
40 |
95 |
- |
- |
80
(axillar nodes) |
- |
|
100 |
|
|
Niikura et al. [42] |
225 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
97.4 |
91.2 |
- |
*axilla and loco-regional lymph nodes |