TY - JOUR ID - 41319 TI - Accuracy, Sensitivity and Specificity of Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy for Salivary Gland Tumors: A Retrospective Study from 2006 to 2011 JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Silva, William AU - Stramandinoli-Zanicotti, Roberta Targa AU - Schussel, Juliana Lucena AU - Ramos, Gyl Henrique Albert AU - Ioshii, Sergio Ossamu AU - Sassi, Laurindo Moacir AD - Erasto Gaertner Hospital Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 17 IS - 11 SP - 4973 EP - 4976 KW - Salivary Gland Tumour KW - Fine-needle aspiration, Sensitivity KW - accuracy KW - Specificity DO - 10.22034/APJCP.2016.17.11.4973 N2 -   Objective: This article concerns evaluation of the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of FNAB for pre-surgical diagnosis of benign and malignant lesions of major and minor salivary glands of patients treated in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery of Erasto Gartner Hospital. Methods: This retrospective study analyzed medical records from January 2006 to December 2011 from patients with salivary gland lesions who underwent preoperative FNAB and, after surgical excision of the lesion, histopathological examination. Results: The study had a cohort of 130 cases, but 34 cases (26.2%) were considered unsatisfactory regarding cytology analyses. Based on the data, sensitivity was 66.7% (6/9), specificity was 81.6% (71/87), accuracy was 80.2% (77/96), the positive predictive value was 66,7% (6/9) and the negative predictive value was 81.6% (71/87). Conclusion: Despite the high rate of inadequate samples obtained in the FNAB in this study the technique offers high specificity, accuracy and acceptable sensitivity. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_41319.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_41319_1368412e51d16f1626b97a57f3839a8b.pdf ER -