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Table 5 Calculated diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, accuracy) results after surgery alone and surgery with additional radiation therapy (XRT), with 95% confidence intervals

From: Diagnostic value of MRI for detecting recurrent soft-tissue sarcoma in a long-term analysis at a multidisciplinary sarcoma center

Diagnostic accuracy

Surgery alone

Surgery plus XRT

p-value (sig. < 0.05)

Sensitivity

97% (95% CI: 86–100%)

86% (95% CI: 68–96%)

0.23

Specificity

96% (95% CI: 94–98%)

98% (95% CI: 96–99%)

0.36

Positive predictive value

70% (95% CI: 59–79%)

78% (95% CI: 63–88%)

0.27

Negative predictive value

100% (95% CI: 98–100%)

99% (95% CI: 97–100%)

0.41

Accuracy

96% (95% CI: 94–98%)

97% (95% CI: 94–98%)

0.46