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Table 2 Performance of the 90-gene expression assay in 21 tumor types

From: Clinical validation of a 90-gene expression test for tumor tissue of origin diagnosis: a large-scale multicenter study of 1417 patients

Tumor types

Number

Agreement

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Adrenal

31

31

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

Brain

46

44

95.7%

99.9%

97.8%

99.9%

Breast

123

121

98.4%

99.8%

98.4%

99.8%

Cervix

93

89

95.7%

99.0%

87.3%

99.7%

Colorectum

114

107

93.9%

99.8%

97.3%

99.5%

Endometrium

79

77

97.5%

99.6%

93.9%

99.9%

Gastroesophagus

106

96

90.6%

99.0%

88.1%

99.2%

Germ cell

40

39

97.5%

99.5%

84.8%

99.9%

Head&neck

31

23

74.2%

99.9%

92.0%

99.4%

Kidney

64

62

96.9%

100.0%

100.0%

99.9%

Liver

84

76

90.5%

99.8%

97.4%

99.4%

Lung

141

134

95.0%

99.8%

98.5%

99.5%

Melanoma

54

48

88.9%

100.0%

100.0%

99.6%

Mesothelioma

12

12

100.0%

99.3%

54.5%

100.0%

Neuroendocrine

52

49

94.2%

99.7%

92.5%

99.8%

Ovary

54

51

94.4%

99.4%

86.4%

99.8%

Pancreas

45

40

88.9%

99.9%

97.6%

99.6%

Prostate

51

51

100.0%

99.9%

98.1%

100.0%

Sarcoma

46

43

93.5%

99.8%

93.5%

99.8%

Thyroid

96

92

95.8%

100.0%

100.0%

99.7%

Urinary

55

53

96.4%

99.9%

96.4%

99.9%

Total

1417

1338

Accuracy = 94.4%

  1. PPV, positive prediction value; NPV, negative prediction value