Table 5 Accuracy estimatives from MSP for RARB and RASSF1A genes observed in primary and/or previous recurrence of urinary bladder carcinoma and respective washout.
Gene | Accuracy patterns (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | p(1) |
Sediment of washout cells | |||||
RARB | 1/6 (16.7) | 13/14 (92.8) | 1/2 (50.0) | 13/18 (72.2) | 0.521 |
RASSF1A | 0/4 (0.00) | 5/10 (50.0) | 0/5 (0.00) | 5/9 (55.5) | 0.220 |
Fixed and paraffin-embedded bladder cancer tissue | |||||
RARB | 5/6 (83.3) | 7/14 (50.0) | 5/12 (41.6) | 7/8 (87.5) | 0.324 |
RASSF1A | 4/4 (100.0) | 4/7 (57.1) | 4/7 (57.1) | 4/4 (100.0) | 0.193 |