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Table 6 Cases with inconclusive pre-operative pathological diagnoses (n = 22), and discordant pre-and post-operative pathological diagnoses (n = 3). Among these cases, the five-gene assay was 80 % (20/25) accurate in predicting the final post-operative outcome

From: A five-gene reverse transcription-PCR assay for pre-operative classification of breast fibroepithelial lesions

Sample ID

Pathological reports

Outcome from five-gene assay

Pre-operative

Post-operative

CB22

FA

Benign PT

FAa

CB36

FA

Benign PT

PT

CB111

FA

Benign PT

PT

CB21

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB31

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB40

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB43

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB57

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB59

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB96

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB99

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB107

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB114

FEL

Benign PT

PT

CB20

FEL

Borderline PT

PT

CB42

FEL

Borderline PT

PT

CB55

FEL

Borderline PT

PT

CB73

FEL

Borderline PT

PT

CB78

FEL

Borderline PT

PT

CB101

FEL

Borderline PT

PT

CB115

FEL

Borderline PT

PT

CB122

FEL

Borderline PT

PT

CB28

FEL

Benign PT

FAa

CB68

FEL

Benign PT

FAa

CB120

FEL

Borderline PT

FAa

CB77

FEL

FA

PTa

  1. FA fibroadenoma, PT phyllodes tumor, FEL fibroepithelial lesion without definitive assignment into fibroadenoma or phyllodes tumor
  2. aInaccurate classification by the five-gene assay benchmarked against the post-operative pathological diagnosis