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Table 1 Measures of agreement between OCR-based and POGONIS-based diagnostic groups

From: The validity of pediatric cancer diagnoses in a population-based general cancer registry in Ontario, Canada

Malignancy type

N, POGONIS

N, OCR

Kappa (95 % CI)

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

I. Leukemias, myeloproliferative diseases, and myelodysplastic diseases

1305

1143

0.89 (0.88–0.91)

0.87

1.00

0.99

0.94

II. Lymphomas and reticuloendothelial neoplasms

585

554

0.90 (0.88–0.92)

0.89

0.99

0.94

0.98

III. CNS and miscellaneous intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms

790

757

0.95 (0.94–0.96)

0.94

1.00

0.98

0.99

IV. Neuroblastoma and other peripheral nervous cell tumors

262

256

0.97 (0.96–0.99)

0.96

1.00

0.98

1.00

V. Retinoblastoma

105

105

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

VI. Renal tumors

174

175

0.98 (0.96–0.99)

0.98

1.00

0.98

1.00

VII. Hepatic tumors

68

64

0.92 (0.88–0.97)

0.90

1.00

0.95

1.00

VIII. Malignant bone tumors

181

192

0.89 (0.86–0.92)

0.92

0.99

0.87

1.00

IX. Soft tissue and other extraosseus sarcomas

285

260

0.86 (0.82–0.89)

0.82

0.99

0.91

0.99

X. Germ cell tumors, trophoblastic tumors, and neoplasms of gonads

140

136

0.96 (0.93–0.98)

0.94

1.00

0.97

1.00

XI. Other malignant epithelial neoplasms and malignant melanomas

155

172

0.93 (0.90–0.96)

0.98

0.99

0.88

1.00

XII. Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms

23

259

0.06 (0.02–0.10)

0.43

0.94

0.04

1.00

  1. CI confidence interval, CNS central nervous system, N number, NPV negative predictive value, OCR Ontario Cancer Registry, POGONIS Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario Networked Information System, PPV positive predictive value