Table 2

Test result of studies (Insufficient Samples Classified as Positive)

study

test result

Patients number

TP

FP

FN

TN

Walker et al.[33]

95

11

0

19

125

Kanchanabat et al.[11]

8

13

0

26

47

Pisano et al.[12]

80

149

17

183

429

Farshid et al.[35]

92

173

2

880

1147

Gent et al.[37]

39

38

1

109

187

Wanebo et al.[38]

135

18

1

102

256

Apesteguia et al.[39]

2

36

0

107

145

Ishikawa et al.[44]

156

44

4

178

382

Leifland et al.[46]

406

37

52

27

522

Sauer et al.[32]

382

82

47

321

832

Wang et al.[50]

119

5

7

55

186

TP:true positive; FP: false positive; FN:false negative; TN: true negative.

Yu et al. BMC Cancer 2012 12:41   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-12-41