Table 5

Twenty per cent rule-out

PathwayProportion of non-cancers ruled-out (specificity) (95% CI)Negative predictive value (95% CI)Sensitivity (95% CI)
Breast0.2036 (0.1926 to 0.2143)0.9936 (0.9883 to 0.9981)0.9776 (0.9596 to 0.9933)
Lower Gastrointestinal0.2002 (0.1921 to 0.2081)0.9823 (0.9762 to 0.9877)0.9348 (0.9135 to 0.9543)
Upper Gastrointestinal0.2017 (0.1901 to 0.2137)0.9880 (0.9806 to 0.9946)0.9580 (0.9323 to 0.9804)
Gynaecological0.2040 (0.1871 to 0.2209)0.9895 (0.9799 to 0.9979)0.9718 (0.9462 to 0.9942)
Urological0.2002 (0.1864 to 0.2141)0.9525 (0.9358 to 0.9680)0.9681 (0.9568 to 0.9785)
Lung0.2031 (0.1704 to 0.2331)0.9630 (0.9281 to 0.9924)0.9673 (0.9364 to 0.9933)
Haematological0.2095 (0.1694 to 0.2542)0.9375 (0.8795 to 0.9868)0.9697 (0.9408 to 0.9938)
Head and neck0.2001 (0.1862 to 0.2139)0.9748 (0.9623 to 0.9858)0.9267 (0.8917 to 0.9580)
Skin0.2002 (0.1868 to 0.2130)0.9406 (0.9232 to 0.9570)0.9609 (0.9493 to 0.9717)