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Table 1 HPV detection in fresh tissue versus paraffin block

From: Comparison of human papillomavirus detection between freshly frozen tissue and paraffin embedded tissue of invasive cervical cancer

  

Paraffin block

Total

  

Positive

Negative

  
  

N

%a

N

%a

N

%a

Fresh tissue

Positive

141

82.5b

13

7.6

154

90.1

 

Negative

11

6.4

6

3.5b

17

9.9

 

Total

152

88.9

19

11.1

171

100

  1. a Percentage of cell number among all the cases (171)
  2. b Concordant results
  3. Concordance analysis-Kappa Index: value of the index 0.26; p = 0.001
  4. McNemar test: p > 0.05
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Infectious Agents and Cancer

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