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Table 6 Performance of MMP14 expression as a predictor of extranodal extension

From: MMP14 expression levels accurately predict the presence of extranodal extensions in oral squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study

MMP14 expression

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPN

NPV

Accuracy

AUC

95% CI

p-value

Cohort proportion

(no.; yes:no)

Surgically resected specimens

CAFs

(positive)

78%

59%

46%

81%

66%

0.684

0.576–0.793

< 0.001

(39:32)

Tumour nest (high)

78%

68%

60%

83%

72%

0.730

0.6238–0.8358

< 0.01

(35:36)

Co-scoring system (high risk)

63%

84%

71%

79%

76%

0.735

0.628–0.843

< 0.01

(24:47)

Biopsy specimens

   

CAFs (positive)

90%

72%

47%

96%

76%

0.811

0.688–0.934

< 0.001

(19:27)

tumour nest (high)

80%

72%

42%

93%

72%

0.747

0.596–0.899

0.01

(19:27)

Co-scoring system (high-risk)

80%

89%

67%

94%

87%

0.844

0.704–0.985

< 0.01

(12:34)

  1. PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; AUC, area under the roc curve; CI, confidence intervals; CAFs, cancer-associated fibroblasts. Boldface indicates statistically significant values