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Table 1 Sensitivity and specificity calculations, assuming the NGS to be the true result. The calculation is shown with and without filtering by sample QC or SM score

From: Comparing mutation calls in fixed tumour samples between the affymetrix OncoScan® array and PCR based next-generation sequencing

 

True negative

False negative

True positive

False positive

Sensitivity

Specificity

All samples, all SMs

1121

9

302

42

0.88

0.99

All samples, SM score > 10

1121

9

251

5

0.98

0.99

Samples pass QC, all SMs

800

7

220

19

0.92

0.99

Samples pass QC, SM score > 10

800

7

192

2

0.99

0.99