Table 6

Ninety per cent cancer rule-in

PathwayProportion of non-cancers ruled-out (ie, not red-flagged) (specificity) (95% CI)Positive predictive value (95% CI)
Breast0.4582 (0.4450 to 0.4715)0.0890 (0.0793 to 0.0991)
Lower Gastrointestinal0.2723 (0.2637 to 0.2811)0.0642 (0.0587 to 0.0697)
Upper Gastrointestinal0.3363 (0.3227 to 0.3503)0.0732 (0.0644 to 0.0822)
Gynaecological0.4674 (0.4473 to 0.4879)0.1134 (0.0972 to 0.1303)
Urological0.3548 (0.3379 to 0.3710)0.3044 (0.2878 to 0.3208)
Lung0.3625 (0.3238 to 0.3987)0.2541 (0.2178 to 0.2906)
Haematological0.4330 (0.3807 to 0.4849)0.4249 (0.3722 to 0.4759)
Head and neck0.2733 (0.2579 to 0.2885)0.0804 (0.0703 to 0.0911)
Skin0.3905 (0.3745 to 0.4068)0.3230 (0.3067 to 0.3392)